Prunus serotinaIndiana Native
Black Cherry

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (Small drooping 5" long racemes in May (later than most cherries))
 Foliage Notes:
Multi-Colored (Can develop an orange-yellow-red fall color, but usually not spectacular)
 Stem Notes:
satiny
 Fruit Notes:
Black (Small cherries ripen in August)
 Ultimate Height:
50-60 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
30-40 feet
 Bloom Times:
 Soil Water Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Grows best in moist well drained soils, but also grows on dry gravelly or sandy soils
 Range:
Eastern and central North America
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Lance-oblong to oblong-ovate alternate leaves are 2-5" long and 1-1.75" wide with small incurved callous teeth. Small roundish glands on petiole. Young bark with lenticels; older bark darker, scaly, cracking, and curling back.

Additional Information

Probably the best native-American species of cherry for landscape use, but still useful only in a few situations, especially for naturalizing. A valuable timber tree, especially for furniture. Subject to several minor pests, none usually serious in naturalized situations. Wood is slightly brittle. Eastern tent caterpillar problematic is some years.

When Prunus serotina has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

Flowering

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Fruiting

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74 Prunus serotina found

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= Heritage plant = Memorial plant
Number Accession ID Location
12013_00534*AHORTPARK
Heritage Plant
22013_00573*AHORTPARK
32013_01050*AHORTPARK
42013_00266*AHORTPARK
52009_13933*AHORTPARK
62013_00532*AHORTPARK
72013_00183*AHORTPARK
Heritage Plant
82009_13144*AHORTPARK
92013_01010*AHORTPARK
102013_00292*AHORTPARK
112013_00240*AHORTPARK
122013_01048*AHORTPARK
132013_00234*AHORTPARK
142013_00199*AHORTPARK
152013_00209*AHORTPARK
162009_13460*AHORTPARK
Heritage Plant
172013_00339*AHORTPARK
182013_00359*AHORTPARK
192013_00449*AHORTPARK
202013_00248*AHORTPARK
212013_00365*AHORTPARK
222013_00243*AHORTPARK
232013_00259*AHORTPARK
242013_00229*AHORTPARK
252013_00514*AHORTPARK
262013_00255*AHORTPARK
272013_00295*AHORTPARK
282013_00513*AHORTPARK
292013_00362*AHORTPARK
302013_00512*AHORTPARK
312013_00277*AHORTPARK
322013_00394*AHORTPARK
332009_13754*AHORTPARK
Heritage Plant
342013_00428*AHORTPARK
352013_00221*AHORTPARK
362013_01044*AHORTPARK
372013_00452*AHORTPARK
382013_00368*AHORTPARK
392013_00536*AHORTPARK
402013_00451*AHORTPARK
412013_00222*AHORTPARK
422013_00388*AHORTPARK
432013_00537*AHORTPARK
442009_13811*AHORTPARK
452013_00349*AHORTPARK
462013_00123*AHORTPARK
472013_00531*AHORTPARK
482013_00572*AHORTPARK
492013_00535*AHORTPARK
502009_13934*AHORTPARK
512009_13565*AHORTPARK
Heritage Plant
522013_00533*AHORTPARK
532009_13762*AHORTPARK
542013_01015*AHORTPARK
552013_00258*AHORTPARK
56ORIG_0055*APOUL
572013_00429*AHORTPARK
582013_00430*AHORTPARK
592023_00163*AHORTPARK
602023_00195*AHORTPARK
612023_00195*BHORTPARK
622023_00268*AHORTPARK
632023_00268*BHORTPARK
642023_00268*CHORTPARK
652023_00302*AHORTPARK
662022_15780*AHORTPARK
672020_12730*AHORTPARK
682020_12730*BHORTPARK
692020_12730*CHORTPARK
702023_00757*APSF
712023_00757*BPSF
722023_00757*CPSF
732023_00757*DPSF
742023_00757*EPSF

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