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Prunus avium

Prunus tomentosa

sweet cherry

Nanking cherry
Habit Deciduous tree with peeling red-brown bark, to 25 m. tall.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, oval and pointed, finely serrate, green above and somewhat downy beneath, with 2 conspicuous red glands at the top of the petiole.

Flowers

Inflorescence a loose cluster of 2-6 flowers;

petals 5, white, up to 15 mm. long;

stamens 20-30;

pistil 1.

Fruits

Fruit a drupe, globose, yellow, becoming dark red, strongly acid.

Prunus avium

Prunus tomentosa
Flowering time April-May April-May
Habitat Forest edges, fields, wastelots, and other disturbed areas. Thickets and hedgerows.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington, though distributed widely throughout the state; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, also in eastern North America.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in central Washington; also in Utah, and from northern Great Plains east to northeastern North America.
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Origin Introduced from Eurasia Introduced from Asia
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. americana, P. armeniaca, P. cerasifera, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. dulcis, P. emarginata, P. laurocerasus, P. lusitanica, P. mahaleb, P. padus, P. persica, P. ×pugetensis, P. spinosa, P. tomentosa, P. virginiana, P. yedoensis
P. americana, P. armeniaca, P. avium, P. cerasifera, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. dulcis, P. emarginata, P. laurocerasus, P. lusitanica, P. mahaleb, P. padus, P. persica, P. ×pugetensis, P. spinosa, P. virginiana, P. yedoensis
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