Amelanchier sp. (Serviceberry): Fruit
		The fruit is an edible, red berry-like pome turning gray-black, sweet and juicy when it ripens in July or August. At least 22 species of birds eat the fruit and 11 species of mammals either eat the fruit or browse the foliage. The shadblow (A. canadensis) fruit is eaten by thrushes and songbirds in early summer. Chipmunks, squirrels and even bears eat serviceberry fruit and mule deer browse the foliage and twigs of western species. The fruit is tasty in pies and confections. The Cree people of Canada mixed dried berries with dried, pounded meat to form a small, long-lasting cake of food called pemmican.