Saskatoon Berry, also called Western Serviceberry, is most often found in dry and open
meadows. A Shrub and a member of the Rosaceae Family, it grows by Kiosk 14. Native to northern North America, it produces a edible berry much prized by the Indigenous Peoples. The flowers are white and the berries red to purple. Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; abundant to the East, but often found in the Cascadia Floristic Region Floristic Region.
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Amelanchier+alnifolia
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Amelancher alnifolia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelanchier_alnifolia
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=AMALH
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Amelanchier&Species=alnifolia&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-14.pdf
Serviceberry’s flower color is:
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