Index / Search / Prunus virginiana
§1 Plant
Prunus virginiana L.
vernacular chokecherry — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Prunus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 1,033 counties across 31 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 13–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.2–8.4
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 25 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 15 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Severe
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 4,971
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 1,033 counties across 31 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Mercer 17131
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Rock Island 17161
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Adair 19001
- Adams 19003
- Carroll 19027
- Cherokee 19035
- Crawford 19047
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Ida 19093
- Jackson 19097
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Mahaska 19123
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Page 19145
- Plymouth 19149
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Union 19175
- Washington 19183
- Winneshiek 19191
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stanton 20187
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 77 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Caldwell 29025
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- Cooper 29053
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Holt 29087
- Jackson 29095
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- Moniteau 29135
- Montgomery 29139
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Ray 29177
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- Sullivan 29211
- Texas 29215
- Worth 29227
Montana view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Blaine 31009
- Boone 31011
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dakota 31043
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Gosper 31073
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hayes 31085
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Johnson 31097
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Madison 31119
- Merrick 31121
- Nance 31125
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Phelps 31137
- Polk 31143
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Thurston 31173
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Wayne 31179
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
- York 31185
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 75 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- 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
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Beadle 46005
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Butte 46019
- Campbell 46021
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clark 46025
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Deuel 46039
- Dewey 46041
- Douglas 46043
- Fall River 46047
- Grant 46051
- Gregory 46053
- Haakon 46055
- Hamlin 46057
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Jackson 46071
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Potter 46107
- Roberts 46109
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
- Ziebach 46137
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Craig 51045
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 71 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
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