Also called 🐦︎🍒︎ bird cherry, 🔥︎🍒︎ fire cherry and 🍒︎ red cherry.

Part of almond / apricot / 🍒︎ cherry / 🍊︎ nectarine / 🍑︎ peach / plum  genus Prunus in 🌹︎ rose  family Rosaceae in 🍎︎ apple / 🍇︎ berry / buckthorn / elm / hemp / 🌹︎ rose  order Rosales.

Native to 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada and USA.   🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), 🗺 map (North America, Central America),  Adobe Acrobat Reader file 🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).

🍒︎ Cherry is the 🏛[🍎︎🍒︎🍐︎🍇︎🍓︎] state fruit of Utah.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Prunus hosts caterpillars of 456 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.   This plant is also known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF)  Lycorma delicatula.

Learn more about 🍒︎ pin cherry Prunus pensylvanica

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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍂︎ simple non-lobed ▲▲ toothed multiple short 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, different attributes 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins, thorn-like twigs

⚘ ❀ flowers 🍎︎🍇︎🌰︎🌾︎ fruit berries nuts cones seeds

🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF)  Lycorma delicatula