Black Cherry trees

Black Cherry Trees

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About Black Cherry Trees: Black Cherry, Wild Cherry or Wild Rum Cherry is native to eastern North America, Mexico and Central America. It typically occurs in both lowland and upland woods and along streams. It is one of the largest of the cherries, typically growing to 50-80’ tall with a narrow-columnar to rounded crown. It is perhaps most noted for its profuse spring bloom, attractive summer foliage and fall color. Fragrant white flowers in slender pendulous clusters appear with the foliage in spring. Flowers are followed by drooping clusters of small red cherries that ripen in late summer to dark purple-black.

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Black Cherry

Black Cherry Tree Facts

Scientific Name:	Prunus serotina
Foliage:	Green
Mature Height:	50-80'
Mature Spread:	20-50'
Soil:	Sun, adaptable
Zones:	2-8
Moisture:	Adaptable

Fruits are bitter and inedible fresh off the tree, but can be used to make jams and jellies. Fruits have also been used to flavor certain liquors such as brandy and whiskey. Fruits are attractive to wildlife. Narrow oblong-ovate to lanceolate, glossy green leaves. Foliage turns attractive shades of yellow and rose in fall. Mature trees develop dark scaly bark. Bark, roots and leaves contain concentrations of toxic cyanogenic compounds, hence the noticeable bitter almond aroma of the inner bark. Hard, reddish-brown wood takes a fine polish and is commercially valued for use in a large number of products such as furniture, veneers, cabinets, interior paneling, gun stocks, instrument/tool handles and musical instruments.

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