Scientific name:

Amelanchier lamarckii

Vernacular name:

Juneberry

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Juneberry

Scientific name: Amelanchier lamarckii F. G. Schroed.

Diagnostic features
Tree to 10m.
Leaves mostly oblong, subglabrous.
Fruit purplish-black, often not formed.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; on mainly sandy soils in woodland and scrub.

Distribution
Frequent in Southcentral & Southeast England, very sparsely scattered elsewhere in England, Wales and Jersey; North America.

This species is keyed out on Page 2469: Amelanchier and other genera in the Text Key.

Amelanchier lamarckii F. G. Schroed.
Amelanchier laevis auct. non Wiegand
Amelanchier confusa auct. non Hyl.
Amelanchier grandiflora auct. non Rehder
Amelanchier intermedia auct. non Spach
Amelanchier canadensis auct. non (L.) Medik.

Juneberry [English]

Amelanchier lamarckii 2 (Flowering, picture taken in cultivation by C.A. Stace)
Amelanchier lamarckii 3 (Flowers, picture taken in cultivation by R. van der Meijden)
Amelanchier lamarckii 4 (Flowering branch, picture taken in the Netherlands by K. Ybema)
Amelanchier lamarckii 5 (Fruiting, picture taken in cultivation by C.A. Stace)
Amelanchier lamarckii 6 (Flowering, picture taken in cultivation by I. de Kort)
Amelanchier lamarckii a (Flowering branch, drawing by H. Thompson in Stace, 1997)

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