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Black Cherry
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
80-180 yrs
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Black cherry is a fast-growing wild cherry tree native to North America, prized for its dark, richly grained hardwood and tiny clusters of sweet-tart drupes that ripen from red to near-black in late summer.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Species
Prunus serotina