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Amelanchier interior or Wiegand's shadbush is type of serviceberry shrub. It produces a sweet tasting edible fruit called a pome, which can be eaten raw or cooked. The fruit has a sweet flavor. This species is a deciduous tree. It grows on hillsides and banks of streams and reaches up to nine meters. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. It can grow in acid, neutral and alkaline soils, as well as shade or semi-shade. It requires moist soil.

Amelanchier interior
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Amelanchier
Species:	A. interior
Binomial name
Amelanchier interior E.L.Nielsen
Natural range of Amelanchier interior

References

• http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Amelanchier+interior

External links

• "Amelanchier interior". Plants for a Future.
• Amelanchier interior

Media related to Amelanchier interior at Wikimedia Commons

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