Flowers: Crowded in showy, drooping, elongated clusters up to 6 inches long, appearing when the leaves are partly grown, each flower up to ½ inch across, with 5 white petals.
Fruit: Fleshy, juicy, spherical, up to ⅓ inch in diameter, red at first, becoming deep purple at maturity.
Wood: Heavy, hard, not strong, close-grained, pale-brown.
Uses: Fuel, some interior finishing.
Habitat: Woods, along streams.
Range: Newfoundland across to Saskatchewan, south to Kansas, east to North Carolina.
Distinguishing Features: Choke Cherry resembles Wild Black Cherry, differing by its more pointed teeth along the edges of the leaves.
WAFER ASH
Ptelea trifoliata L.
Other Name: Hop-tree.