serviceberries
Small edible pomes
Serviceberries are the edible fruits of shrubs or small trees in the genus Amelanchier, native to North America.
The small, round berries ripen to deep purple and taste similar to blueberries.
They're eaten fresh, baked into pies, or made into jams.
The plants are also called saskatoons, juneberries, or shadbush.
Cooked fruit spread
- jellyFruit spread, no seeds
- pieCrust-enclosed baked dish
- tartSharp-flavored small pie
- compoteFruit cooked in syrup
preserves · syrup · muffins · cobbler · sauce · wine · pemmican · dried
Small edible Vaccinium fruit
- huckleberryNorth American wild berry
- elderberrySmall dark hedgerow fruit
- mulberryMorus tree fruit
- raspberryAggregate bramble fruit
blackberry · gooseberry · cranberry · currant · bilberry · juneberry · shadbush · chokecherry
Small woody plant
- deciduousSheds foliage seasonally
- perennialRecurring each year
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
- woodlandForested land area
thicket · ornamental · landscaping · blossoms · flowers · leaves · branches · rootstock
Originating in a region
- floraPlants of a region
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
boreal · Appalachian · Rocky Mountains · ethnobotany · traditional · First Nations · forager · wild
jam
Cooked fruit spread
compote · preserves · syrup · muffins · cobbler · sauce · wine · pemmican · dried · fresh
blueberry
Small edible Vaccinium fruit
- huckleberryNorth American wild berry
- elderberrySmall dark hedgerow fruit
- mulberryMorus tree fruit
raspberry · blackberry · gooseberry · cranberry · currant · bilberry · juneberry · shadbush · chokecherry · lingonberry
shrub
Small woody plant
- deciduousSheds foliage seasonally
- perennialRecurring each year
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
woodland · thicket · ornamental · landscaping · blossoms · flowers · leaves · branches · rootstock · propagation
indigenous
Originating in a region
- floraPlants of a region
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
prairie · boreal · Appalachian · Rocky Mountains · ethnobotany · traditional · First Nations · forager · wild · naturalized
birds
Egg-laying flying vertebrates
chipmunks · songbirds · cedar waxwing · robin · grouse · pollinators · bees · dispersal · forage · browse
- berriesblackberry, blueberry, raspberry, strawberry, cranberry
- foraged foodsdandelion, blackberries, blueberries, nuts, mushrooms
- Wild Foodswild berries, wild mushrooms, wild greens, wild honey, wild strawberries
- Native Foodspemmican, wild rice, bison, venison, three sisters