Résumé ²

Prunus virginiana

Description ³

• Shape: Understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White elongated cluster
• Leaves: oval, abruptly pointed tip, 2 ½-4 inches long, 1-2 1/3 inches wide, finely serrated
• Bark: brown/grey, smooth with pale lenticels
• Fruit/Seed: red/purple – black berry, 1/3 inch diameter
• Height: 10-25 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: open woods, forest edges and openings, fencerows, riverbanks, roadsides

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Dan Mullen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/8583446@N05/4589245782/
2. Adapted by Jean Francois Noulin from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_virginiana
3. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1169187

More Info

• iNaturalist.ca taxon page
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• USDA PLANTS database
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