Virtual Museum of Canada
Jardin botanique de Montréal 
Centre for Forest Research

Is it a tree? Yes! No! … Maybe?!? Expert

You chose Hallé's definition

Why?

Explain your answer.

A
These are not multiple trunks: they are branches.
B
These are several individuals growing close together, each with its own trunk.
C
The serviceberry can have a single or multiple trunks.
D
None of these answers.

The Amelanchier arborea

Downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)

© Jardin botanique de Montréal (Daniel Fortin)