Rosaceae

Name Height Leaf Fruit Region
American Mountain-ash
Sorbus americana
10' - 30', most tall shrubs 11-17 narrow tapering leaflets, toothed, 10" glossy briiight orange-red, almost round, .25" southern Boreal through Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Deciduous, Acadian
Showy Mountain-ash
Sorbus decora
15' - 35', can be 75' 11-15 sharp-toothed leaflets, 10" glossy scarlet, almost circular, .25" - .5" Boreal in Manitoba to Newfoundland, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Deciduous, Acadian
Wild Crab Apple
Malus coronaria
to 30', common as a shrub simple, alternate, coarsely toothed, 3.5" green apple, waxed coated, almost round, 1.5" Deciduous
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
60' - 70', can be 100' narrowly oval, tapering to both ends, sharp curved tips, 3" - 5" almost black, edible, .38" across Deciduous, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian
Choke Cherry
Prunus virginiana
can be 30', usually a bush broadly oval, tapered to both ends, sharply pointed, toothed,
3" - 4"
crimson to black, edible, .38" across across Canada in different forms
Pin Cherry
Prunus pensylvanica
40' - 50' lanced-shaped, long taper to sharp tip, unevenly toothed,
3" - 4"
bright red, edible, .25" across Canada to central British Columbia
Bitter Cherry
Prunus emarginata
40' - 50' oval at top tapering to rounded tip, small uneven teeth, 1" - 3" dark red, sour taste, .25" - .75" across Coast, Columbia, and part of Montane
Canada Plum
Prunus nigra
30' broadly oval, slender tip, rounded teeth,
3" - 5"
orange-red, sour, 1" southern Great Lakes - St. Lawrence
Wild Plum
Prunus americana
30', usually a shrub narrowly oval, tapering to a sharp tip, sharply toothed, 3" - 5" orange to red, sweet to sour, 1.25" across most of Canada south of the tundra
Columbia Hawthorne
Crataegus columbiana
20', often shrub alternate, lobed, simple red, globular, .33" - .5" interior British Columbia, Vancouver Island
Black Hawthorne
Crataegus douglasii
30' oval, short pointed tip, sharply toothed,
1" - 3"
shiny black, several in drooping cluster, .5" British Columbia to Saskatchewan, along Lake Superior
Golden-fruited Hawthorne
Crataegus chrysocarpa
small tree or shrub almost circular, shallowly lobed or toothed red-orange Peace River and Rockies to Newfoundland
Dotted Hawthorne
Crataegus punctata
20' - 30' tapering to base, toothed dull red, dotted, .5" - .75" southern Quebec and Ontario
Quebec Hawthorne
Crataegus submollis
25' tapered to base, toothed orange-red parts of eastern Canada
Downy Hawthorne
Crataegus mollis
20' - 30' tapered to base, double-toothed,
2" - 4"
red, up to 1" across eastern Canada from Manitoba
Cockspur Hawthorne
Crataegus crusgalli
20' - 30' alternate, simple, sharp-toothed, 1" - 4" deep red, 3" - 5" southern Quebec and Ontario
Holmes Hawthorne
Crataegus holmesiana
30', often a shrub broad, pointed, double-notched, toothed reddish ??
Alleghany Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
15' - 25' oval, tapered to a sharp tip, toothed, 2" - 3" in clusters, juuicy and sweet, .5" - .75" southern Boreal, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
10' - 25' oval, tapered to a sharp tip, 2" - 3" in clusters, dry and tasteless, .5" Deciduous, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence
Saskatoon-berry
Amelanchier alnifolia
to 13' oval, rounded at tip, toothed, 1" - 3" in clusters, juicy and sweet, .25" Alaska border to southern British Columbia to upper Great Lakes and central Ontario
Mountain Juneberry
Amelanchier bartramiana
to 7', shrub oval, tapering to both ends, 1" - 2" elongated, dry and sweet Boreal of Ontario