Name: The Saskatoon berry (Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt, Rosaceae, Alder-Leaf Shadbush). Saskatoon berries seemed to have got the name from a shortened version of the Blackfoot name for the berry: mis-ask-a-tomina or the Cree name: mis-ask-quah-toomina. The origin of Amelachier is uncertain but it is what the French call the plant, which means Alder-leafed (St.-Pierre, 1991). Description: A hardy medium to tall shrub bush part of the rose family. The Rosaceae is a very large plant family that includes
Introduction Amelanchier Medic., commonly known as serviceberry or shadbush, is a genus of shrubs to trees in the Rosaceae family containing approximately twenty species. Amelanchier is native to North America, and select species are invasive in Europe (Kabuce and Priede, 2010). Habitats include roadsides, riversides, forest and meadow edges, open fields, shallow rocky substrates, acidic soils, and mountainous terrain (Mackie et al., 2001; Underwood, 2012). Species identification of Amelanchier is difficult