Black cherry
NativePrunus serotina
Rose (Rosaceae) · Other broadleaf · 50–80 ft
Knowing it
Dark scaly bark like burnt potato chips, glossy leaves and small black cherries in summer. Fencerows and woods statewide.
What a tree company sees
Wilted leaves are toxic to livestock. Wood is moderately strong; black knot fungus disfigures limbs. Valuable lumber in a clean trunk.
Recorded in 100 counties
- Adair County
- Andrew County
- Atchison County
- Audrain County
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Benton County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
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- Chariton County
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- Dade County
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- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Dent County
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- Gasconade County
- Gentry County
- Greene County
- Grundy County
- Harrison County
- Henry County
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- Howard County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
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- Laclede County
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Macon County
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- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Mercer County
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- New Madrid County
- Newton County
- Nodaway County
- Oregon County
- Osage County
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- Perry County
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- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
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- St. Louis City
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- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Sullivan County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Vernon County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.