Common Chokecherry Scientific Name: Prunus virginiana
Description: Shrub or small tree, often forming dense thickets, with dark red or blackish chokecherries. Height: 20'. Diameter: 6"
Habitat: Moist soils, especially along streams in mountains and clearings and along forest borders and roadsides.
Range: N. British Columbia east to Newfoundland, south to W. North Carolina, and west to S. California.
Type: Tree Source:National Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region
Photograph: Steve Dewey, Utah State University from www.forestryimages.org. |
