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Serviceberry - Amelanchier sp (Amelanchier canadensis)

Amelanchier, also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry, or just sarvis, juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum or wild-plum,[3] and chuckley pear[4] is a genus of about 20 species of deciduous-leaved shrubs and small trees in the Rose family (Rosaceae). Amelanchier canadensis (bilberry, Canadian serviceberry, chuckleberry, currant-tree, juneberry, shadblow serviceberry, shadblow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a species of Amelanchier native to eastern North America in Canada from Newfoundland west to southern Ontario, and in the United States from Maine south to Alabama. It is largely restricted to wet sites, particularly on the Atlantic coastal plain, growing at altitudes from sea level up to 200 m.

Locations

Location	Comments
Amherst nursery	None

Toxicity

Animal	Part	Comments	Citation
livestock, deer			Reference 2

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    {'BotanicalName': 'Amelanchier sp (Amelanchier canadensis)',
 'Comments': 'Amelanchier, also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, '
             'serviceberry or sarvisberry, or just sarvis, juneberry, '
             'saskatoon, sugarplum or wild-plum,[3] and chuckley pear[4] is a '
             'genus of about 20 species of deciduous-leaved shrubs and small '
             'trees in the Rose family (Rosaceae).  Amelanchier canadensis '
             '(bilberry, Canadian serviceberry, chuckleberry, currant-tree, '
             'juneberry, shadblow serviceberry, shadblow, shadbush, shadbush '
             'serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a species of '
             'Amelanchier native to eastern North America in Canada from '
             'Newfoundland west to southern Ontario, and in the United States '
             'from Maine south to Alabama. It is largely restricted to wet '
             'sites, particularly on the Atlantic coastal plain, growing at '
             'altitudes from sea level up to 200 m.  ',
 'CommonName': 'Serviceberry',
 'DateAdded': '2017-06-26T13:30:24.457000',
 'Images': [{'ImageType': 'Tree', 'ImageURL': 'Images/n1t5s3o5.sgp.jpg'},
            {'ImageType': 'Leaves', 'ImageURL': 'Images/3bqsqdqb.yum.jpg'},
            {'ImageType': 'Bark', 'ImageURL': 'Images/bsexj12y.w4t.jpg'}],
 'Locations': [{'LocationComments': None, 'LocationName': 'Amherst nursery'}],
 'PlantID': 239,
 'Toxicity': [{'Citation': 'Reference 2',
               'ToxicityAnimal': 'livestock, deer',
               'ToxicityComments': 'leaves, berries: cyanogenesis risk EARLY '
                                   'in growing season'}]}