Amelanchier Pallida
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''Amelanchier pallida'', the pale serviceberry or western serviceberry, is a species of ''
Amelanchier ''Amelanchier'' ( ), also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry (or just sarvis), juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum or chuckley pear,A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants/ref> is a g ...
'' native to the US states of California and Arizona. They are shrubs or small trees reaching , with attractive blue-green foliage. They typically grow in mountains up to above sea level, generally alongside streams. Native Americans used to dry the berries for winter provisions, and they can be made into a jam.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q17270055 Endemic flora of the United States Trees of the Southwestern United States Plants described in 1891
pallida This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ...