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Saskatoon Serviceberry

Photo of serviceberry shrub in bloom.Amelanchier alnifolia

Large shrub with showy, white blossoms producing bluish-purple berries

Uses
  • Fresh berries "Indian apples" supplemented diet
  • Dried berries a component of "pemmican," a jerked-meat product
  • Wood constructed into bows, arrow shafts and points, digging sticks, and hoes
Releases
  • (source-identified seed classes nearing release)
    Clark and Long’s Ridge Germplasms, Colorado UCEPC

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