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Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other: Berries dark purple when ripe
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Other: Cyanogenic (cyanide) compound Prunasin present in leaves.
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Bees

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Common names
  • Cusick's Serviceberry
  • Cusick's Shadbush
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii
  • Synonym: Amelanchier florida var. cusickii
  • Synonym: Amelanchier cusickii

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Location: Washington
Date: 2016-04-13

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