. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 166 WILD BLACK CHERRY. Prunus serotina, Ehrhart.* FOEM—UPually reacbeR a height of 50-76 ft. with a diameter of 2-8 ft., but may attain a height of 110 ft. with a diameter of 5 feet. In forest grown specimens the trunk is usually long, clean, and with little taper, while in open grown specimens it is usually short. Crown rather Irregularly-oblong. BARK—On young trunks (Pig. 96) rather smooth, glossy, reddish-brown, marked with conspicuous-white horizontally-elongated lenticels; peels off in thin film-like layers, a
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 166 WILD BLACK CHERRY. Prunus serotina, Ehrhart.* FOEM—UPually reacbeR a height of 50-76 ft. with a diameter of 2-8 ft., but may attain a height of 110 ft. with a diameter of 5 feet. In forest grown specimens the trunk is usually long, clean, and with little taper, while in open grown specimens it is usually short. Crown rather Irregularly-oblong. BARK—On young trunks (Pig. 96) rather smooth, glossy, reddish-brown, marked with conspicuous-white horizontally-elongated lenticels; peels off in thin film-like layers, and exposes greenish inner bark. On old trunks (Fig. 97) blackish, roughened by thick irregular plates with projecting edges. TWIGS—Smooth, rather slender, reddish-brown, marked with numerous, pale, round lenticels which in time become horizontally-elongated; pith white or light brown. Often covered wth a thin, film-like, grayish coating which rubs off readily. Inner bark has a characteristic bitter taste and a rather pleasant odor. BUDS—Alternate, about 1/8-1/6 of an inch long, ovate, usually sharp-pointed, smooth glossy, reddish-brown, covered by about 4 visible ovate bud-scales which are sometimes coated with a smoky or grayish film-like skhi. Lateral buds usually divergent but sometimes appressed. fiattened, and larger than the terminal. LEAVES-Alternate, simple, oblong or lanceolate-oblong. 2-5 Inches long, tapering or rounded at base, tapor-polnted at apex, serrate on margin with short Incurved teeth, rather thick and shiny above, paler beneath. LEAF-SCARS—Alternate, more than 2-ranked, raised on projections of the twig, semi- elliptical tendency in outline, with 3 bundle-scars. FLOWERS-Appear in May or June; white, perfect, about i of an inch across, borne in elongated drooping racemes 8-4 inches long. FRTJIT-A purplish-black Juicy drupe, hi of an inch in diameter, arranged in rather open drooping clusters; seed stony. Matures in summer. WOOD—Diffuse-porous: r
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