PRUNUS avium

Wild Cherry or Sweet Cherry. A medium-sized to large tree with smooth grey bark turning mahogany-red, peeling and deeply fissured with age. The white cup-shaped flowers are borne in clusters and open with the leaves in late April or early May. Fruits small and shiny, reddish-purple, bitter or sweet to the taste. Autumn foliage crimson. From this species are derived most of the sweet cherries.(5)