In sandy or boggy woodlands which have not been subject to a recent fire
serviceberries can grow. Flowering is a very brief period on the first
warm and sunny days in late April; a protracted cold and rainy period
at that time of year may result in little or no flowering.
Individuals growing on banks and edges will often bloom more profusely.
The individual pictured is probably L. arborea.
Serviceberries can grow in very dry sandy woods; however, these locations would
have been subject to fire in pre-European contact times, excluding this fire
intolerant species. It is probable that it grew primarily in places too wet
to burn.
