CHERRY
Wild Black Cherry



prunus serotina
prunus virginiana

AKA
black choke
choke cherry
rum cherry
wild cherry

PARTS USED
Bark and Twigs
Use bark collected in the fall.

DO NOT BOIL WILD CHERRY

CAUTION
Leaves, especially when wilted, have poisoned cattle.

DESCRIPTION
Wild black cherry grows from Nova Scotia to Florida,
as far west as the Dakotas and Arizona.
Grows up to 100 feet high and reaching 4-5 feet in diameter,
the trunk is covered with rough, black bark.
Alternate, stiff, oblong to oval leaves have serrate
margins and are shiny green above and lighter underneath.
Small white flowers grow in lateral racemes,
appearing when the leaves arehalf or more grown.
Fruit is nearly apherical, purple black drude, half inch or less
in diameter, ripening in late summer and autumn.


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