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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Service Berry(1).jpg" style="width: 350px; height: 233px; float: right; " />Answer: &nbsp;Amelancheir arborea (Service Berry)</p>
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	Background: &nbsp;A member of the rose family, service berry is a small shrubby tree typically reaching heights no larger than 35 ft. Other common names include shad bush (pertaining to the migration of shad with its bloom) and service berry (the ground was thought to be sufficiently thawed after the winter for funeral services to resume in correspondence with the trees bloom). &nbsp;The fruits of the downy service berry are rather dry and flavorless especially when compared to its relative the smooth service berry whose fruit is deliciously sweet. &nbsp;However, animals don&#39;t seem to discriminate between the two as both berries are quickly consumed by a host of critters ranging from squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, black bear, and skunks in addition to more than 40 bird species <sup>1</sup>. &nbsp; Leaves are serrate, oval, thin, 2-4 inches long with fewer than 12 prominant viens per side.. &nbsp;Whitish hairs are present when young. &nbsp;Bark is smooth, thin, and grey on trunk. &nbsp;Braches are purplish when young. &nbsp;Flowers are white with 5 petals 3/8&quot; to 1/2&quot; long forming showy branched clusters.</p>
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	Citation:&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; line-height: 32px; text-indent: -48px; ">Kershaw, Linda J.&nbsp;</span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-indent: -48px; ">Trees of Michigan, including Tall Shrubs</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; line-height: 32px; text-indent: -48px; ">. [Edmonton]: Lone Pine Pub. International, 2006. 188. Print.</span></span></p>
