Friday, 16 July 2010

Black Cherry


Black Cherry

Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae
Genus Prunus
Species Rosaceae

Characteristics
Leaves, simple with serrated margin, shiny
flowers, small, 5 white petals with 20ish stamen
fruit, drupe green to red at first ripening black, bitter when eaten fresh
bark, broken, dark grey, looks like a think, burnt potato ship (but first 10 years or so bard resembles a birch.)

Adaptation
likes sunlight, seeds are poisonous

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