#1306 most planted
Amelanchier nantucketensis
Nantucket serviceberry · also Nantucket shadbush
65
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
5.4 in
median trunk (14 cm, 65 measured)
16 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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Amelanchier nantucketensis is a small shrub of conservation concern, growing 2 to 5 feet tall and forming colonies. It produces cream-colored flowers and edible blue fruits. This species thrives in dry, sandy, sunny habitats such as pine barrens and grasslands.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 650.06%16 yr5.4 in
Traits
- Mature height
- 2–5 ft
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.4 in, mean 5.4 in, 90th percentile 5.4 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New England-Acadian forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Atlantic coastal pine barrens
Other Amelanchier in the catalogue
13 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
