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§1 Plant

Prunus serotina Ehrh. var. rufula (Wooton & Standl.) McVaugh

vernacular black cherry — variety · Rosaceae


USDA
PRSER2
GBIF
10346573
Rank
variety
black cherry (Prunus serotina var. rufula)
Platephotograph · Danny BarronCC BY-NC-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Rosaceae Juss.
Genus
Prunus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 6 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 6 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
High
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-23 °F minimum
Frost-free days
160 min.
Precipitation
9–35 in/yr
pH range
7–8.5
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
40 ft
Height @ 20 y
10 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Purple
Fire resistant
Yes
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Severe
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
5,600
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Contracting Only
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
Yes
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Fuelwood
High
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 6 counties across 2 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PRSER2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/10346573 ↗

Record version

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