page_title: Amelanchier alnifolia
section_title: Nutrients
hierarchical_section_title: Amelanchier alnifolia / Nutrients
caption_attribution_description: Amelanchier alnifolia English: Saskatoon Serviceberry, Western Serviceberry
context_page_description: Amelanchier alnifolia, the saskatoon, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, alder-leaf shadbush, dwarf shadbush, chuckley pear, or western juneberry, is a shrub with edible berry-like fruit, native to North America from Alaska across most of western Canada and in the western and north-central United States. Historically, it was also called pigeon berry. It grows from sea level in the north of the range, up to 2,600 m elevation in California and 3,400 m in the Rocky Mountains, and is a common shrub in the forest understory.
context_section_description: Saskatoon berries contain significant amounts of total dietary fiber, riboflavin and biotin, and the dietary minerals, iron and manganese, a nutrient profile similar to the content of blueberries.
caption: The pomes, about 10 mm in diameter, ripen in summer.
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