Scientific Name
Prunus serotina

Common Name
Wild Cherry; Black cherry


Hardiness Zones: 2-8
Habit: Deciduous
Exposure: Sun; range of soil types
Height: 50 to 80'
Flower/Fruit: White flowers in early spring; small juicy reddish black edible berries in summer that attract birds
Comments: Yellow fall foliage; subject to defoliation from eastern tent caterpillars; tends to be a messy tree - use along the edges of woods; leaves are poisonous to livestock; leaves and twigs have cherry fragrance and bitter taste; tall trunk
Cultivars: Spring Sparkle
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