Wild Black Cherry

Description

Cultural Information:

Grows best on moist, deep soils but is also found in dryer, more coarse soils.  A common tree throughout its native range in the midwest, and when large, an important timber tree.

Associated Species: ^[6]

Pin Oak, Pin Cherry, Gray Birch, Red Maple, Sugar Maple, Beech, Yellow Birch, Sassafras, Persimmon and Black Oak.

Field Observations:

A common inhabitant of fence rows and roadside berms where farming permits.  Crushed leaves have a pungent odor.  An important food source for the larval stages of several butterfly and moth species including Tiger Swallowtails, Red Spotted Purples and Promethea Moths.