Fire Cherry

Basisdaten

fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) leaf
fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) leaf
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) leaf
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) leaf underside
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) budding
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) foliage
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) flower bud
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) crown with flowers
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) flowers
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) flower
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) trunk / bark
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) terminal buds
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) trunk / bark
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) stem /trunk
description: 

The natural occurrence of these cherry extends between north and south of the border between the U.S. and Canada. The seeds of the cherry are fire resistant and shoot as first after a forest fire, so that there is a shrub encroachment of the area by the cherry.

Tree profile

name botanical: 
Prunus pensylvanica
other name: 
Bird Cherry
other name: 
Pin Cherry
other name: 
Red Cherry
family: 
Rose family (Rosaceae)
species: 
deciduous tree
height: 
up to 15 m (49 ft) (also shrubby) rarely up to 30 m (99 ft)
leaf: 

The leaves of Fire cherry is green, glossy and lanceolate. The leaves are 4 - 11 cm (1.6 - 4.3 in) long and 1 - 4.5 cm (0.4 - 1.8 in) broad. The leaf margin is finely serrated.

leaf shape: 
ovoid
leaf margin: 
serrated
leaf position: 
alternate
fall foliage: 
yellow - orange
flowering: 
April
blossom color: 
white
blossom description: 

The flower is white, standing on long pedicels. The anthers are yellow. The flowers are umbel-like together.

gender distribution: 
monoecious / hermaphrodite
fruit: 

The red stone fruits taste sour but edible.

branches: 

The twigs are red-brown with bright lenticels. The young branches are perpendicular often high. The buds are red, egg-shaped and protruding.

bark: 
The bark is red-brown, glossy with vertical lenticels.
root: 
Shallow-rooting plant
location: 
Sun to half-shade
soil: 
sandy to loamy, moist soils tolerates, undemanding
ph value: 
acid - alkaline
usage: 

single tree, planting in groups

Typical fungi for Fire Cherry