TREE: Prunus serotina ([Wild] Black Cherry)

Posted on July 10, 2020 by MGNV Webmaster
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) flowers in May.
Photo © Elaine Mills
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) flowers in May.
Photo © Mary Free
Prunus serotina (wild black cherry) drupes in July.
Photo © Elaine Mills
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in September.
Photo © Elaine Mills
Prunus serotina “burnt potato chip” mature bark and lenticeled young bark in December.
Photo © Mary Free

2020 Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic

New Fact Sheet in 2020!

MGNV - Native Plants LogoBlack Cherry, the largest of our native cherry trees, grows in a variety of habitats through much of the Mid-Atlantic Region* and is noted for the beauty and profusion of its spring blooms. It is entomologist Doug Tallamy’s #2 choice among woody plants for its exceptional support of wildlife.

*In the Mid-Atlantic Region, it is native to and common in DC, DE, MD, PA, and VA.

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