Serviceberry Topics

• amelanchier alnifolia
• orchard trees
• herbivorous insects
• american pioneer
• saskatoon saskatchewan
• wild roses
• fireblight
• folk etymology
• juneberry
• city of saskatoon
• cree indian
• flowering time
• sorbus
• borers
• brambles
• caterpillars
• brimstone
• moth
• genus

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The name serviceberry comes from the similarity of the fruit to the related European Sorbus . A widespread folk etymology states that the plant's flowering time signaled to early American pioneer that the ground had thawed enough in spring for the burial of the winter's dead. Juneberry refers to the fruits of certain species becoming ripe in June. The name Saskatoon originated from a Cree Indian noun misskwatmina ( misskwatmina , misaaskwatoomina ) for Amelanchier alnifolia . The city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is named after this plant.

Caterpillars of Lepidoptera such as Brimstone Moth, Brown-tail, Grey Dagger, Mottled Umber, Rough Prominent, The Satellite, Winter Moth, Limenitis arthemis and other herbivorous insects also have a taste for serviceberry. Many insects and diseases that attack orchard trees also affect this genus, in particular trunk borers and Gymnosporangium rust. In years when late flowers overlap those of wild roses and brambles, bees may spread bacterial fireblight.

Source: Wikipedia > Amelanchier