. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. TREES ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES PIN (FIRE) CHERRY Prunus pensylvanica Fruit (flowers) not in elongated clusters. Leaves finely toothed (10-18 teeth per cm.), hairless or nearly so beneath. Mature fruit small, only 5-7 mm. thick, red, without a groove or line from base to tip, edible and used in jellies. A small tree or shrub. Dry, open woods, roadsides, recent burns. Common. SWEET CHERRY Prunus avium Fruit (flowers) not in elongated clusters. Leaves more coarsely toothed (5-10 teeth per cm.), hairy on veins beneath, inclined to droop, up to
. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. TREES ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES PIN (FIRE) CHERRY Prunus pensylvanica Fruit (flowers) not in elongated clusters. Leaves finely toothed (10-18 teeth per cm.), hairless or nearly so beneath. Mature fruit small, only 5-7 mm. thick, red, without a groove or line from base to tip, edible and used in jellies. A small tree or shrub. Dry, open woods, roadsides, recent burns. Common. SWEET CHERRY Prunus avium Fruit (flowers) not in elongated clusters. Leaves more coarsely toothed (5-10 teeth per cm.), hairy on veins beneath, inclined to droop, up to 15 cm. long. Mature fruit cm. thick, variable in color, without a groove or line from base to tip, sweetish and edible. Old house sites, roadsides, woods. Uncommon escape. SOUR CHERRY Prunus cerasus Fruit (flowers) not in elongated clusters. Leaves more coarsely toothed (5-10 teeth per cm.), hairless, more or less erect, up to 10 cm. long. Mature fruit cm. thick, red, without a groove or line from base to tip, sour. Roadsides, thickets. Rare PIN CHERRY. 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 Angelo, Ray, 1948-; Angelo, Ray, 1948-. Cambridge, Mass. : Concord Field Station, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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