Tree # 32
Name:Black Cherry
Other Name:Wild Cherry
  Scientific Name:Prunus Serotina

Leaf: short and pointy. Type: Compound
        Form: Ovate
            1. Vein: pinnate
            2. Apexe: Bristle Pointed
            3. Margin: toothed
            4. Base: rounded

Flower:Yes 3/8'' in diameter with white peddles.

  Fruit: Yes 3/8'' in diameter blackened skin or dark red, sweet and juicy, edible pulp maturing in late summer.

Twig:Slender, and smooth,, each with three bud traces.

Bark: Thin and smooth, reddish brown at first then furred and black.

  Form:75 feet tall, trunk diameter 3 feet in with,ridged branches.

Uses: Cabinets and interior furnishing

Origin: English gardens in the 1600's


                                                   Distribution: Quebec to Nova Scotia, south to central Florida, Texas to Arizona to south Mexico.

Map: #32         

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