Serviceberry, Amelanchier intermedia, Escaped from Cultivation in Eastern Ontario

Authors

  • Paul M. Catling Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Environmental Health, Biodiversity, Saunders Building, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6
  • Gisele Mitrow Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Environmental Health, Biodiversity, Saunders Building, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v121i1.400

Keywords:

Saskatoon, Juneberry, Serviceberry, Shadbush, Amelanchier intermedia, status, cultivation, hybrid, Ontario

Abstract

Although not generally recognized as a cultivated plant, Amelanchier intermedia is widely cultivated in eastern Ontario under the incorrect name, A. canadensis. Wild plants referable to A. intermedia in old fields south of Ottawa are likely to be escaped from cultivation. Amelanchier intermedia likely originated as a hybrid involving A. canadensis and A. laevis. A key to the Canadian species of Amelanchier with glabrous ovaries is provided.

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