Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Mespilus arborea F. Michx.

Common names:

• downy serviceberry  (Source: Trees US) - English
• downy shadbush  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• juneberry  (Source: Zander Ency) - English
• Schnee-Felsenbirne  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
• stor häggmispel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; ornamental
• Human food: fruit

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.), New Brunswick (s.)]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (e.), Minnesota (e.), Missouri, Nebraska (s.e.), Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (n.w.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]


Cultivated (also cult.)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2871. Accessed 20 May 2024.