Upright, branching bushes or small trees reach 3–16 feet tall (1–5 m). Note the strongly-veined alternate leaves, short clusters of white flowers, and blackish berries; often thicket forming.

FLOWERS: May–July. Short clusters erect to drooping, on branch tips with 5–15 flowers; 5 narrow petals, 1/4–1 inch long (7–25 mm), white to pinkish. Fruit a fleshy pome 1/4–3/8 inch diameter (7–10 mm), red becoming dark-purple.

LEAVES: Alternate, stalked; blades oval to oblong, 3/4–2 inches long (2–5 cm); edges upper half serrated, surfaces veined, surfaces hairy when young, usually hairless by flowering, tip rounded.

HABITAT: Riparian, meadows, open woods, canyons; pinyon-juniper woodlands,  ponderosa-Douglas fir, fir-aspen forests.

ELEVATION: 6,000–11,000 feet (1828–3350 m).

RANGE: Rocky Mt. and all states westward, KA, MN, ND, SD; Canada

SIMILAR SPECIES: Utah Serviceberry, A. utahensis, in mountains statewide, has clusters with 3–6 flowers, fruit 1/4–3/8 inch diameter (7–10 mm), and hairy leaves when flowering.

NM COUNTIES: Widespread and common in northern NM mountains at mid-to high-elevation habitats: Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Taos.