Amelanchier sanguinea

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

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|image = Amelanchier sanguinea -roundleaf serciveberry.jpg

|image_caption = 1913 drawing[http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=amsa_001_avd.tif illustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 293]

|taxon = Amelanchier sanguinea

|authority = (Pursh) DC.

|range_map = Amelanchier sanguinea range map 1.png

|range_map_caption = Natural range of Amelanchier sanguinea

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/rjp-4802 The Plant List, Amelanchier sanguinea (Pursh) DC. ]

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|title=Synonymy

|Amelanchier amabilis Wiegand

|Amelanchier canadensis var. rotundifolia (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray

|Amelanchier canadensis var. spicata (Lam.) Sarg.

|Amelanchier huronensis Wiegand

|Amelanchier rotundifolia (Michx.) M.Roem.

|Amelanchier spicata (Lam.) Koehne

|Aronia sanguinea (Pursh) Nutt.

|Mespilus canadensis var. 'rotundifolia' Michx.

|Pyrus sanguinea Pursh

|Amelanchier gaspensis (Wiegand) Fernald & Weatherby, syn of var. gaspensis

|Amelanchier grandiflora (Wiegand) Wiegand, syn of var. grandiflora

|Amelanchier sanguinea f. grandiflora Wiegand, syn of var. grandiflora

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Amelanchier sanguinea, known as red-twigged shadbush or roundleaf serviceberry, is a shrub native to eastern and central North America. Its native range stretches from New Brunswick to Saskatchewan south as far as northern Georgia. It is most common in eastern Canada, the northeastern United States, and the Great Lakes region.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Amelanchier%20sanguinea.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]

Amelanchier sanguinea is a shrub that can grow up to {{convert|3|m}} tall, and has edible sweet-flavored fruits{{cite book|last=Little|first=Elbert L.|title=The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region|publisher=Knopf|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-394-50760-6|page=461}} that are red when young and become purple or dark-blue when they ripen. Like all Amelanchier fruit, these resemble berries, but are technically pomes.[http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Amelanchier+sanguinea Amelanchier sanguinea information from Plants for a Future database][http://sbe.umaine.edu/amelanchier/?page_id=171l Amelanchier sanguinea information from the University of Maine]

;Varieties

• Amelanchier sanguinea var. gaspensis Wiegand
• Amelanchier sanguinea var. grandiflora (Wiegand) Rehder
• Amelanchier sanguinea var. sanguinea

image:Blutrote Felsenbirne (Amelanchier sanguinea) 5868.JPG|Akureyri Botanical Gardens, Iceland