Canadian Serviceberry, also known as shadblow or shadbush, is an uncommon shrub or small tree of the Coastal Plain and adjacent Piedmont in North Carolina. It's easily confused with its sibling Common Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), which occurs in the Mountains, Piedmont, and inner Coastal Plain of NC.
It is not rhizomatous, so Canadian Serviceberry does not form shrubby thickets like Running Serviceberry (Amelanchier stolonifera) or Coastal Plain Serviceberry (Amelanchier obovalis).
It is quite showy when it blooms in early spring, before the leaves come out.
Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 4/6/05.
