Rosaceae FAMILY
Amelanchier pallida
Amelanchier pallida
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Amelanchier pallida is a deciduous shrub growing from 0.5 - 6 metres tall. It often suckers freely, producing 1 - 50 much branched stems and often forming colonies[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeSouth-western N. America - Oregon, California
HabitatDry gravelly and rocky slopes and flats below 3,300 metres especially in moist coniferous forests in California[ 71 Title A California Flora. Publication Author Munz P.A. & Keck D.D. Publisher University of California Press; Los Angeles Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader. ]. Dry rocky slopes, canyons, chaparral, mountainsides; at elevations from 1,000 - 2,000 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].