Amelanchier laevis

Amelanchier laevis
A. laevis leaf and bark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Amelanchier
Species:	A. laevis
Binomial name
Amelanchier laevis Wiegand
Synonyms
Synonymy Amelanchier arborea var. cordifolia (Ashe) B.Boivin Amelanchier arborea subsp. laevis (Wiegand) S.M.McKay ex P.Landry Amelanchier arborea var. laevis (Wiegand) H.E.Ahles Amelanchier botryapium G.B.Emers. Amelanchier canadensis Torr. & A.Gray 1840, illegitimate homonym not (L.) Medik. 1793 Amelanchier laevis var. cordifolia Ashe Amelanchier laevis f. nitida Wiegand Amelanchier laevis var. nitida (Wiegand) Fernald Pyrus botryapium Bigelow

Amelanchier laevis (commonly known as the smooth shadbush or Allegheny serviceberry) is a North American species of trees in the rose family, growing up to 9 metres (30 ft) tall. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States, from Newfoundland west to Ontario, Minnesota, and Iowa, south as far as Georgia and Alabama.

Amelanchier laevis has stems of 1–15 metres (3 ft 3 in–49 ft 3 in) or 2–17 metres (6 ft 7 in–55 ft 9 in) which are growing in small clumps. Its petioles are 12–25 millimetres (0.47–0.98 in) with green blades which are elliptic and almost ovate. The leaves have 12–17 lateral veins and 6-8 teeth per cm. The fruit, which are pomes, are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. The fruit has a sweet flavor. The bark can be made into a herbal medicine for expectant mothers. It is a deciduous tree. It is cultivated as an ornamental shrub.

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