Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species

by Charles Herbert Otis

3. Leaf, × 3/4.

4. Margin of leaf, enlarged.

5. Flowering branchlet, × 1/2.

6. Vertical section of flower, enlarged.

7. Fruiting branchlet, × 1/2.

ROSACEAE

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina Ehrh. [Padus serotina (Ehrh.) Agardh.]

HABIT.—A medium-sized tree 40-50 feet high and 8-36 inches in trunk diameter; branches few, large, tortuous, forming a rather spreading, oblong or rounded crown.