Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) flowers in May.
Photo © Elaine Mills
Photo © Elaine Mills
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) flowers in May.
Photo © Mary Free
Photo © Mary Free
Prunus serotina (wild black cherry) drupes in July.
Photo © Elaine Mills
Photo © Elaine Mills
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in September.
Photo © Elaine Mills
Photo © Elaine Mills
Prunus serotina “burnt potato chip” mature bark and lenticeled young bark in December.
Photo © Mary Free
Photo © Mary Free
2020 Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
New Fact Sheet in 2020!
Black 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.
