Running Serviceberry

Amelanchier spicata

Also listed as Amelanchier stolonifera

Found in dry, acidic, rocky or sandy sites. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to West Virginia (estimated). How scores work Is it native here?

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Light: Partial shade, Full sun
Soil moisture: Dry to moist

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Amelanchier spicata — bloom photograph — Hardyplants at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Original photograph

At a glance

Bloom: March to April
Fruiting season: May to June

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

Height: NC species account not read yet.

Spread, life cycle and leaves: no source found yet.

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 5 West Virginia counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 84 animals.

Widespread birds also seen here (49)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

112CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Amelanchier

Limenitis arthemisRed-spotted Purple
Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
Acronicta clarescensClear Dagger
Acronicta fragilisFragile Dagger
Acronicta griseaGray Dagger
Acronicta impressaImpressive Dagger, Printed Dagger
Acronicta innotataUnmarked Dagger
Acronicta interruptaInterrupted Dagger
Acronicta radcliffeiRadcliffe's Dagger

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Acronicta superansSplendid Dagger, Chieftain Dagger
Actias lunaLuna Moth
Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
Anisota virginiensisPink-striped Oakworm Moth
Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
Archips cerasivoranaCherry Tent Caterpillar, Cherry Worm, Ugly Nest Caterpillar
Argyresthia oreasellaCherry Shoot Borer
Autographa amplaLarge Looper Moth, Broken-Banded Y, Climbing Looper
Automeris ioIo Moth
Balsa labeculaWhite-Blotched Balsa
Balsa malanaMany-Dotted Balsa, Many-Dotted Appleworm
Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
Campaea perlataPale Beauty, Fringed Looper
Catocala blandulaCharming Underwing
Catocala praeclaraPraeclara Underwing, Chokeberry Underwing, Charlotte's Underwing
Catocala pretiosaPrecious Underwing, Texarkana Underwing
Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
Cenopis directanaChokecherry Leafroller Moth
Choristoneura conflictanaLarge Aspen Tortrix
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
Cladara limitariaMottled Gray Carpet, Yellow-Lined Conifer Looper, Yellow-Lined Forest Looper, Black-Angled Wave
Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
Dasychira dorsipennataSharp-Lined Tussock Moth
Dasychira vagansVariable Tussock Moth
Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
Euchlaena marginariaOchre Euchlaena
Euchlaena tigrinariaMotted Euchlaena
Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
Eupithecia columbiataColumbia Pug
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Eupsilia morrisoniMorrison's Sallow
Eupsilia tristigmataThree-Spotted Sallow, Brown Fruitworm
Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
Glena cribratariaDotted Gray
Grapholita prunivoraLesser Apple Worm
Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
Hedya chionosemaTwin-Spotted Budworm, White-Spotted Hedya
Hedya separatanaPink-Washed Leafroller Moth
Hesperumia sulphurariaSulphur Moth
Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
Hydriomena pluviataSharp Green Hydriomena
Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Hyppa xylinoidesCommon Hyppa
Limenitis archippusViceroy
Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
Lithophane bethuneiBethune's Pinion
Lithophane patefactaDiomorphic Pinion, Branded Pinion
Lomographa semiclarataBluish Spring Moth, Wildcherry Looper
Lophocampa maculataSpotted Tussock Moth, Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth
Lytrosis unitariaCommon Lytrosis
Macaria exauspicataSpeckled Granite
Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
Melanolophia signatariaSignate Melanolphia
Metarranthis duariaRuddy Metarranthis
Nadata gibbosaWhite-Dotted Prominent
Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
Oedemasia semirufescensRed-Washed Prominent
Olethreutes appendiceumServiceberry Leafroller
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Orthodes detractaDisparaged Arches, Disparaged Groundcat
Orthosia alurinaGray Quaker
Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
Orthotaenia undulanaDusky Leafroller
Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
Paonias myopsSmall-Eyed Sphinx
Papilio canadensisCanadian Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
Paraclemensia acerifoliellaMaple Leafcutter, Maple Case-Bearer
Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
Phobetron pitheciumHag Moth, Monkey Slug
Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
Phyllonorycter crataegellaApple Leaf Miner, Apple Blotch Leafminer, Apple Leafblotch Miner
Plagodis pulverariaAmerican Barred Umber, Barred Umber
Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesTufted Thyatirid
Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
Satyrium titusCoral Hairstreak
Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
Sericaglaea signataVariable Sallow
Sphinx drupiferarumWild Cherry Sphinx
Synanthedon exitiosaPeachtree Borer Moth, Western Peachtree Borer
Synanthedon pictipesLesser Peachtree Borer Moth
Synanthedon pyriApple Bark Borer, Pear Borer
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Venusia cambricaThe Welsh Wave
Xylena nuperaRed Swordgrass Moth, American Swordgrass Moth, False Armyworm
Bucculatrix pomifoliella

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

8BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Amelanchier

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

11BirdsRecorded eating Amelanchier in West Virginia

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes West Virginia, most records first.