Prunus serotina
Black or Rum Cherry
3
Eastern and Central North America

 
90 feet
Small white flowers are produced in gracefully drooping racemes
Late May
Graceful, lustrous, peachlike leaves, its tendency to produce gracefully drooping branches and its dense branching habit
Yellows and reds in the fall
 
Bark that looks like burnt potato chips
Small cherries are colorfully effective while they are red, though at maturity they turn black
 
 

 
 
Leaves and twigs are poisonous to browsing livestock.

 

 
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