Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea
(JuneberryShadbush)
Small specimen tree or an understory tree.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Wildlife

Small mammals and larger birds eat the berries.

Habitat

Dry hammocks, dry hardwood forests

Did You Know?

  • Fall color, Showy flowers
  • The nectar and pollen of the flowers attract native Andrenid bees (Andrena spp.), Halictid bees (Halictus spp., Lasioglossum spp.) and honeybees, as well as Syrphid flies, Tachinid flies, Buprestid beetles (Acmaeodera spp.), and other insects.