Details for: PI 652538, Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem., Forestburg

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem.

Top Name:

Forestburg

Origin:

Donated – New York, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

11 Apr 2004

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem.

Top Name:

Forestburg

Origin:

Donated – New York, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

11 Apr 2004

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

11 April 2004.
New York, United States

Donor(s):

St. Lawrence Nurseries

Accession Names and Identifiers

Forestburg

Type: Site identifier

Group: CULTIVAR

CAME 244

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Originated near Forestburg, Alberta, Canada (52 30 N). Wild plant discovered by A. Nixon on his farm and transplanted to Agriculture Canada Beaverlodge Research Station in Alberta. Released in 1948 by J.A. Wallace. Heavy producer, cold hardy to USDA Zone 2, and more drought tolerant than other selections from Alberta.

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

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	juneberry	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.
English	Pacific serviceberry	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.
English	saskatoon	1	Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt.
English	saskatoon serviceberry	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.
English	saskatoon-berry	1	Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt.
English	western juneberry	1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English	western serviceberry	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.
English	western shadbush	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.
German	erlenblättrige Felsenbirne	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1198. Note: as Amelanchier florida

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