Fire+Cherry

Black Cherry //Prunus serotina//
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 * Close-up shot || Wide shot || Black Cherry leaves || Medium shot ||

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 * **Leaf**: 2-5 inches long, shiny green, smooth, narrow with pointed tip
 * Fruit:** Round, black, 1/3-1/2" diameter
 * Bark**: dark gray; smppth, with horizontal lines; becoming irregulary fissured and scaley
 * Location**: Eastern United states through the Mid West and North to Nova Scotia
 * Economic/Ecological Importance:** Wild Cherry Syrup is a cough medicine, jelly and wine are made from its fruit.
 * Area:** Lives in forest areas with shrubs and other trees.
 * Shelter:** Home for bugs and larva.
 * Fact:** It is prized for it's wood and fruit.
 * Branches:** High on trunk and long.
 * Buds:** Are brown at first, then turn green.
 * Trail:** Old farm trail
 * Location:** All along the trail. || [[image:white.gif width="270" height="270" caption="white.gif"]] ||

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