Honey bees
Nectar value
Low
Pollen value
Low
Pollinator plant
Apple Serviceberry
Amelanchier lamarckii
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Fruit tree, Shrub
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 6.00 m high × 4.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 3
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Light
- Partial shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Fruit
- Edibility
- 5 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 0 out of 5
Fruit: can be eaten both raw and cooked. It has a sweet and juicy flavor reminiscent of apples. You can consume large quantities of it, and it is a good source of iron and copper. You can also dry the fruit. The diameter of the fruit is approximately 10 mm.