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