(“Juneberries.” Eat The Weeds, www.eattheweeds.com/amelanchier-arborea-busting-out-all-over-2/.)
Common Name(s)	Shadbush, Juneberry, Serviceberry
Scientific Name	Amelanchier canadensis
Family	Rosaceae
Location/Vegetative Zone	Wet sites, bogs, swamps
Flowering Period	April-May
Identifying Characteristics	shrub/tree about 0.5–8 m tall

Description

• Deciduous shrub or small tree.
• Grows 0.5–8 m tall
• Leaves
  • Alternate, simple, ovate to ovate-oblong
  • Serrated margin
  • 1–5.5 cm long and 1.8–2.8 cm broad
  • Light to dark green, matte
  • Change to orange-red in fall
• Flowers
  • 5 white petals
  • Each raceme has four to ten flowers
  • Slightly fragrant
  • Blooms in early spring (April to May)
  • Fertilizes in early summer
  • Fruit is a pome, 7–10 mm diameter
  • Fruit is round, green berry; turn dark purple when ripe
  • Fruit is edible and sweet when ripe
• Bark
  • gray-silver bark
  • striped
  • glabrous, young stems
  • small lenticels
  • imbricate buds, conical in shape
  • buds are reddish purple
• Habitat:
  • Wet sites, bogs, and swamps
  • Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil
  • Likes full sun to part shade
  • Tolerant of a wide range of soils
  • Eastern North America; from Maine south to Alabama

Medicinal/Edible Uses

• Dried, used as an herb, infused into oils/vinegars, etc.
• Fruit
  • Dried and used to make pies, jams, jellies, etc.
• Bark
  • Infused into tea to treat gynecological and dysentery
    • Can be used as a bath for children and worms
  • Inner bark can be used in a disinfectant

Cultural Uses

• Native Americans: used wood to create arrow shafts and armor
• Whole plant used ornamentally and for bonsais

Sources

Christianson, John. “Juneberries”. North Dakota State University. University Relations. N.d. Web.

“Medicinal Herbs: Juneberry”. Natural Medicinal Herbs. Spiritual Knowledge, Led Ziarovky. N.d. Web.

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