§1 Plant
Prunus avium (L.) L.
vernacular sweet cherry — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Prunus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 248 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 248 counties across 17 states/territories.
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 21 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 69 I ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Carroll 39019
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 49 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 41 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRAV ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3020791 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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