Species profile
Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
12,068 on Toronto's streets — 1.75% of the city's catalogued canopy.
🌸 Blooms Apr 22 – May 5: white, among the earliest deciduous bloomers
🍁 Fall colour Sep 25 – Oct 15: orange-red
Toronto history — Native serviceberry. White flowers in April, red berries for birds in June, orange-red fall colour. Popular since the 1990s for smaller front-yard boulevards.
Amelanchier canadensis is a species of Amelanchier native to eastern North America in Canada from Newfoundland west to southern Ontario, and in the United States from Maine south to Alabama. It is largely restricted to wet sites, particularly on the Atlantic coastal plain, growing at altitudes from sea level up to 200 m.
Where they cluster
| Neighbourhood | Trees |
|---|---|
| Rosedale-Moore Park | 248 |
| St.Andrew-Windfields | 219 |
| Bedford Park-Nortown | 218 |
| Banbury-Don Mills | 215 |
| West Humber-Clairville | 212 |
| Stonegate-Queensway | 188 |
| Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn | 188 |
| York University Heights | 187 |
Notable specimens
- 146 cm DBH at 266 CORNELIUS PKWY · view →
- 99 cm DBH at 1725 GERRARD ST E · view →
- 79 cm DBH at 286 MANOR RD E · view →
- 78 cm DBH at 16 GLEN GORDON RD · view →
- 70 cm DBH at 57 BIRDSTONE CRES · view →
- 70 cm DBH at 2 BARRYDALE CRES · view →
- 60 cm DBH at 14 FOREST HEIGHTS BLVD · view →
- 58 cm DBH at 86 HARRISON RD · view →