Tree Talk: Black Cherry

Three cheers for black cherry (Prunus serotina)! Black cherry is a beautiful tree that produces a beautiful wood. Its fruit is incredibly valuable for wildlife and is nutritious and (supposedly) tasty for humans. Black cherry is common on most soils in eastern North America and is easy to identify by the bark.

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Recorded on 2/23/23 in Luzerne County Pennsylvania, by Allyson "Cherry Bounce" Davis.