. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 216 Illinois Natikal Hlstoky Siuvky PRUNUS PENNSYLVANICA Lixxaeus Wild Red Cherry Bird Cherry The Wild Red Cherry is a moderately small tree, with a narrow crown of slender, horizontal hranches. The bright, shiny, green leaves, 3 to o inches long by about an inch wide, are finely toothed along their margins, verv sharply pointed, and stand on slender i)etioles generally less than an inch long. The small clusters of flowers, whose petals bear a band of orange, stand above year-old leaf-scars. The cherries, seldom more than 3-4 inch in diam
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 216 Illinois Natikal Hlstoky Siuvky PRUNUS PENNSYLVANICA Lixxaeus Wild Red Cherry Bird Cherry The Wild Red Cherry is a moderately small tree, with a narrow crown of slender, horizontal hranches. The bright, shiny, green leaves, 3 to o inches long by about an inch wide, are finely toothed along their margins, verv sharply pointed, and stand on slender i)etioles generally less than an inch long. The small clusters of flowers, whose petals bear a band of orange, stand above year-old leaf-scars. The cherries, seldom more than 3-4 inch in diameter, are light-red and have thin, sour flesh surroimding the hard pit. The bright-red branch- lets, often spiny, bear tiny, bright- brown buds. The trunk, covered by red-brown bark which separates into broad, horizontal, papery scales, be- comes 18 to 20 inches in diameter; and the tree may grow to a height of 30 feet or more. Distrihution: The Bird Cherry grows generally in all the forested reg- ions of North America from Hudson's Bay southward into the mountains of the states bordering the Ohio River. In Illinois, however, it is limited in its distribution to an area comprising about the northern third of the State, and through this region it is undoubt- edly more prevalent than the coUec- 1. Fk;. 85. Distribution of the Wild Red Cherry. tions from which our map is marked seem to indicate. Uses: As the tree is not abundant, it is of little economic importance. The cherries are, however, commonly used in households and they are also employed as an ingredient of cough Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illinois. Natural History Survey Division. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division
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