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Black Cherry Tree

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 Location
 Between mile markers 0.0 and 0.25
 Fact about this tree and why it was chosen
 Native and prominent in eastern North America, Black Cherry has been an important source of timber. In Europe it is classified as an invasive species.
 Latin name
 Prunus Serotina
 Fun facts
 Host plant for the Red-Spotted Purple butterfly, Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, and the Cecropia Moth.

 How to identify this tree:

 Leaf
 Alternate, simple, 2 to 5 inches long, oblong to lance-shaped, finely serrated, very small inconspicuous, glands on petiole, dark green and lustrous above, paler below; usually with a dense yellowish-brown, sometimes white pubescence along mid-rob.
 Flower
 Small white flowers in hanging, narrow clusters 4 to 6 inches long, appearing in late spring.
 Fruit
 Dark purple round drupe, almost black when ripe, ⅓ inch in diameter with a bitter-sweet taste; matures in late summer.
 Twig
 Slender, reddish brown, sometimes covered in gray epidermis, pronounced bitter almond odor and taste; buds are very small (⅕ inch), covered in several glossy, reddish brown to greenish scales; leaf scars are small semicircular with 3 bundle scars.
 Bark
 Smooth with numerous short, narrow, horizontal lenticels when young; becomes very dark (nearly black), breaking up into small, rough, irregular, upturned plates (burnt corn flakes), when older.
 Form
 Medium sized tree which (on good sites) develops a long, straight, clear bole can reach heights approaching 100 feet.
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