Showing Food Saskatoon berry
| General Information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Saskatoon berry | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Amelanchier alnifolia | ||||||||||
| Description | Amelanchier alnifolia, the saskatoon, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, alder-leaf shadbush, dwarf shadbush, chuckley pear, or western juneberry, is a shrub with edible berry-like fruit, native to North America from Alaska across most of western Canada and in the western and north-central United States. Historically, it was also called pigeon berry. It grows from sea level in the north of the range, up to 2,600 m (8,530 ft) elevation in California and 3,400 m (11,200 ft) in the Rocky Mountains, and is a common shrub in the forest understory. (Wikipedia) | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00884 | ||||||||||
| Picture |  | ||||||||||
| Classification | |||||||||||
| Group | Fruits | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Berries | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy | |||||||||||
| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Rosales | ||||||||||
| Family | Rosaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Amelanchier | ||||||||||
| Species | alnifolia | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
| External Links | |||||||||||
| ITIS ID | 25109 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Amelanchier alnifolia | ||||||||||
| Composition | |||||||||||
| Compounds |
| ||||||||||
| Macronutrients |
| ||||||||||
| References | |||||||||||
| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||