Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Amelanchier Arborea

Size:

15'-30' tall

Leaves:

alternate, simple, 1"-3" long, toothed; new leaves copper maturing to dull green

Flowers:

small and bright white, with 5 strap-shaped wavy petals in pendulous clusters; early spring before the leaves emerge

Fruit:

red-purple fruit like a tiny apple, edible and sweet; early June, quickly eaten by birds

Fall Interest:

maroon; deciduous

Culture:

partial shade to shade; rich, moist soil

Disease/Insect:

Use:

understory tree, good for woodland gardens, valuable food source for wildlife and good source of honey

Cultivars:

Notes:

multi-stemmed shrub or small upright tree with bark light gray and smooth when young and dark gray with shallow grooves and long ridges with age; earliest white-flowered tree to bloom in Arkansas forests, prior to the introduction of the invasive callery pear; native to Arkansas