name: Saskatoon Berry
flavor_db_name_variants: saskatoon berry
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Saskatoon berry
id: 884
name_scientific: Amelanchier alnifolia
description: <i>Amelanchier alnifolia</i>, the saskatoon, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, alder-leaf shadbush, dwarf shadbush, chuckley pear, or western juneberry, is a shrub with edible berry-like fruit, native to North America from Alaska across most of western Canada and in the western and north-central United States. Historically, it was also called pigeon berry. It grows from sea level in the north of the range, up to 2,600 m (8,530 ft) elevation in California and 3,400 m (11,200 ft) in the Rocky Mountains, and is a common shrub in the forest understory. (Wikipedia)
itis_id: 25109
wikipedia_id: Amelanchier alnifolia
picture_file_name: a10d82d96a5429dd574a4d0d3f6dbad3.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 57788
picture_updated_at: 2015-02-26T20:58:39.000Z
legacy_id: null
food_group: Fruits
food_subgroup: Berries
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2015-02-26T20:58:40.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:36.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: true
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 32219
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00884