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| Common Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea |
The next time you come across a ripe serviceberry berry, try tasting it and let me know what you think. I've never tasted one, not knowing that they are edible, but the online folks state variously that they are either the best thing they've ever put in their mouth, or dry and tasteless. I suspect that there are a lot of factors, so it would be good to know what they are. Apparently, they were widely used by Native Americans to make pemmican taste good.
Serviceberry is commonly used in landscaping, particularly native plant landscaping. The flowers are lovely in the spring and the berries are also pretty and used by wildlife. You'll have to get out there as soon as they are ripe before the critters get them.
Keep in mind that the berries turn from green to red to purple, and they don't taste good until they are purple. At least that's what Professor Google says.
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| In a shady woods, the plants get tall and gangly and difficult to spot. |
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| Plants in the open are shorter and bushier. |
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| Young leaves are hairy and somewhat bronze colored. |
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