Amelanchier nantucketensis

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Amelanchier nantucketensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Maloideae
Genus: Amelanchier
Species: A. nantucketensis
Binomial name
Amelanchier nantucketensis
E.P.Bicknell

Amelanchier nantucketensis, commonly known as the Nantucket serviceberry, is species of serviceberry. It produce edible pome berry-like fruit. Its fruit can be red to dark-blue in color. It is cultvated as an ornamental plant and as a food source. Nantucket serviceberry is endangered in the wild.

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