Details for: PI 559413, Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem., Altaglow


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem.
Top Name:
Altaglow
Origin:
Developed – Alberta, Canada
Received by NPGS:
27 Feb 1986
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem.
Top Name:
Altaglow
Origin:
Developed – Alberta, Canada
Received by NPGS:
27 Feb 1986
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed

Alberta, Canada
Comment: Found by A. Griffin prior to 1923, distributed for testing in 1928, selected by J. A. Wallace in 1946 and introduced by P. D. Hargrave in 1964.
Developer(s):
Donated
27 February 1986.
New York, United States

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Accession Names and Identifiers
Altaglow
Type: Site identifier
Group: CULTIVAR

CAME 25
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
An ornamental especially valuable for fall leaf display. Originated in Red Deer River Valley, Alberta (51 N), by A. Griffin before 1923. Wild plant transplanted to Alberta Horticultural Research Station, Brooks. Initial selection and distribution for testing, 1928. Tested at Agriculture Canada Research Station, Beaverlodge (BRS), Alberta, as Brooks White. Selected as an ornamental by J.A. Wallace, BRS, 1946. Introd. by P.D. Hargrave, Brooks, 1964. Berries up to 16 mm diam., nearly spherical, white, easily bruised; typically five to nine per cluster, clusters tight, even ripening, very uneven in size; flavor sweet but bland. Self-sterile. Shrub multistemmed, to 7 in; initially upright, retaining exceptionally tall and erect habit and 3-m spread at maturity; moderate to good suckering close to crown, crown expands indefinitely; crown long-lived, 40+ years; hardy to zone 1. Poor producer, introduced as an ornamental for its habit in large landscapes, for the oddity of its white berries, but mainly for its splendid fall foliage colors.
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem.
Genus:
Amelanchier
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:

2870
Place of publication:

Fam. nat. syn. monogr. 3:147. 1847 (T. Nuttall, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7:22. 1834, nom. nud.)
Verified:
12/09/1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem. var. alnifolia (3 active accession[s])
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem. var. pumila (Torr. & A. Gray) C. K. Schneid. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amelanchier florida Lindl.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishjuneberry  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.
EnglishPacific serviceberry  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.
Englishsaskatoon  1Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt.
Englishsaskatoon serviceberry  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.
Englishsaskatoon-berry  1Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt.
Englishwestern juneberry  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Englishwestern serviceberry  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.
Englishwestern shadbush  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.
Germanerlenblättrige Felsenbirne  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1198. Note: as Amelanchier florida
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Description:
White-fruited mutant.