Serviceberry guilds

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On a whim I ordered two serviceberry trees and have a nice space for them but have no idea what plants to add for a guild. Permies: please advise. I'm in southern Illinois zone 7. Thanks

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Will be great to hear what people have found to work well with serviceberry as I just planted 9 of them. Too soon for me to have any good answers, but I did plant ramps to start out around mine. I'm wondering if they will sucker enough that they will just fill in the space themselves and become a path's edge hedge for me.

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In my ecosystem, common guild plants for serviceberry include maple, sagebrush, smooth brome, annual grasses, violets, lilies, burdock, chokecherry, balsamroots, spring beauties, antelope bitterbrush, opuntia, boxelder, and lomatium.

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