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Hey folks,
Curious to know what are the most common serviceberry trees/shrubs found in Southern Ontario. Was out on a morel hunt yesterday and we came across a lot of them. The beautiful white flowers caught the attention of the friends I was with. They asked me what type of serviceberries but I had no clue. They are hard to ID. The young leaves had an orangey/reddish tinge to them on the edges... Bark was the typical smooth, grey type..
They are excellent trees for grouse and other wildlife...
I'm not sure what type they are but we have lots of them on our property. The birds just love them, in particular, Cedar Waxwings.
The city of Ottawa planted a ton of them, it makes my life a lot easier, I can pick there and make tons of jam and pies, delicious.
There are a pile of different kinds, I have mainly heard of them called Saskatoon berries but they also have the name Serviceberries, I know there is a connection there to Robert Service, the famous writer and poet who live in the Yukon.
Here is a link to the Ontario varieties
https://www.ontario.ca/page/serviceberries
Like a blueberry, only better :)
i think the Saskatoons are a different variety than what I am thinking of. They are the western variety. The eastern ones include the apple, downy, canadensis, allegheny, etc.. i think there are over 20 varieties. And they cross pollenate in the wild.. Ths Saskatoons have the best flavour apparentlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Fox
They are all in the same family, called by many different names.Quote:
Originally Posted by Splaker
Check out the link, that is for Ontario.
I know them as Saskatoon berries as that is what my family called them in NE Ontario where they found them. They are a service berry of some kind, I never found them outside of Northern Ontario until I moved to Ottawa, never found them in SW Ontario but rarely looked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelanchier
Serviceberry/Saskatoon.
There are a huge variety across the country.
All are edible
They all taste the same-- apple like
Now you are just over simplifying, ha ha, I would never say they taste like an apple, and if you do think they taste like an apple then what apple?Quote:
Originally Posted by johny
Just bugging you, yes, tons of different kinds and all delicious.
Don't get them confused with high bush cranberries, which taste terrible until cooked.
Have you seen any serviceberry/saskatoons that are red like the high bush cranberry? All of the ones I have come across would be easily confused with blueberries, if there are ones that are that red I have not yet found them.Quote:
Originally Posted by patvetzal
The juneberry that grows around the Lindsay/Fenelon falls area is all Amelanchier canadensis.
The ones I planted in Harrow were just called service berries,also planted high bush cranberries. The MNR Said these shrubs were indigenous to Windsor and Michigan.
Juneberries - that's what we call them where I grew up. Tons on my bushlot growing in among the pines and oaks usually - on high rocky ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenelon