. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 168 FIRE CHERRY. Prunus pennsylvanica, Linnaeus. FOHM-A small tree reaching a height of 30 ft. with a ^i^-^t-^j' "^^J/ Jati"'flat-^p"peJ nsually short bearing rather ascending branches which form a narrow and rather lopp crown. BABK-On old tr„„k. some» roughened b„t -^^ ''Z'^'tJ^ ^„°;iZM^°^^^^'l'''i''^::^^Z'^^^''^ --^«.. which Is bitter. TWIGS-Slender. smooth, glossy, bright red. --«mes^whony or partly ^oj^^J^^\;^ thin grayish coathig which rubs off very ^'f'^'Zl^f^J^'^J''^^^^^ character- co
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 168 FIRE CHERRY. Prunus pennsylvanica, Linnaeus. FOHM-A small tree reaching a height of 30 ft. with a ^i^-^t-^j' "^^J/ Jati"'flat-^p"peJ nsually short bearing rather ascending branches which form a narrow and rather lopp crown. BABK-On old tr„„k. some» roughened b„t -^^ ''Z'^'tJ^ ^„°;iZM^°^^^^'l'''i''^::^^Z'^^^''^ --^«.. which Is bitter. TWIGS-Slender. smooth, glossy, bright red. --«mes^whony or partly ^oj^^J^^\;^ thin grayish coathig which rubs off very ^'f'^'Zl^f^J^'^J''^^^^^ character- conspicuous lentlcels which In time become horizontally-elongated, ihe twigs istic bitter taste and a peculiar odor. small, usually leas t„aa «/'/° '-^Jni,,^ Mon/*r^«; cXeS ;;:,.rSaTr'ar^'rr«« '.:tro,;;rd ^..... la^^i f:purs. LEAVES-Alternate or sometime, paired but uol »PP°=1«„"'' :ra''flneTy -:at»°;, —; •'- ^Zt:r^u o-[,ue:^^^ IftPflTCSt about July. ^v„xr,;s\^r;%rred;^ff^^^^ solitary. The bark can be dlstingnished from the Chok« Cherry «y ^he prese orange-colored horizontally-elongated lentlcels and from the Wild Black CHerry oy of dark scaly plates with projecting edges. EANGE-NPwfoundland to British Columbia, southward to Georgia, Tennessee, and Colorado. DI8TRIBTTTI0N IN PENNSTLVANIA-Common \° jjj, -^^^^^'^^^i^riJj^^Srom kIZu rrS^a,riS r ctr-sl-g.^A^o^;a^^^^^^^^^ the State. occasionally found on bottomlands. food which It furnishes for birds and wild animals. •. || PLATE LXXXVI. FIRE CHERRY. 1. A flowering branch, x J. 2. A fruitiiiK braiiili with mature leaves, x J. 3. Sectimi t>f a fruit, enlarged. 4. A winter twif;. natural size. 5. Section of a winter twig, enlarged. 'i !i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustra
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