Amelanchier pallida

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Amelanchier}}

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|genus=Amelanchier

|species=pallida

|authority=GreeneFl. Francisc.: 53 (1891)

| status = G5

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{Cite web|date=2022-06-22 |url= https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.145934|access-date=22 Jun 2022 |website=NatureServe Explorer Amelanchier pallida|title = NatureServe Explorer - Amelanchier pallida |publisher=NatureServe}}

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• Amelanchier alnifolia var. pallida (Greene) Jeps.
• Amelanchier alnifolia subsp. pallida (Greene) A.E.Murray
• Amelanchier gracilis A.Heller

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Amelanchier pallida, the pale serviceberry or western serviceberry, is a species of Amelanchier native to the US states of California and Arizona.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:11228-2 |title=Amelanchier pallida Greene |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=7 September 2020 }} They are shrubs or small trees reaching {{cvt|10|ft|m|0}}, with attractive blue-green foliage. They typically grow in mountains up to {{cvt|11000|ft|m}} above sea level, generally alongside streams. Native Americans used to dry the berries for winter provisions, and they can be made into a jam.{{cite book |last=Clarke |first=Charlotte Bringle |date=February 1978 |title=Edible and Useful Plants of California |publisher=University of California Press |pages=93–95 |isbn=9780520032675 }}