The plant is a bushy shrub with multiple stems, and bears a berry resembling a blueberry in size, color, shape and taste. The fruit is excellent in jams and may be dried to add to trail mix or muffins. Here in Washington, it blooms slightly ahead of the arrival of the shad, but it serves as a heads-up for fishermen who know to look for signs from Nature.
365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Serviceberry (Shadbush), Amelanchier Alnifolia
The plant is a bushy shrub with multiple stems, and bears a berry resembling a blueberry in size, color, shape and taste. The fruit is excellent in jams and may be dried to add to trail mix or muffins. Here in Washington, it blooms slightly ahead of the arrival of the shad, but it serves as a heads-up for fishermen who know to look for signs from Nature.
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