Prunus avium - Wikipedia
Prunus avium is a deciduous tree growing to 5–18 metres (16–59 feet) tall, with a trunk up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter. Young trees show strong apical dominance with a straight trunk and symmetrical conical crown, becoming rounded to irregular on old trees.
Prunus avium - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Prunus avium is generally grown as an ornamental cherry tree. It is native to Europe and Asia and has been cultivated in the U.S. since colonial times.
Prunus avium - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Gardeners value sweet cherry for its showy, fragrant, white flowers in spring, its fruit in summer, and its yellow leaves in the fall. The fruit is a fleshy drupe, yellow or red with a large pit (stone). It has occasionally escaped from gardens and naturalized in the landscape.
Prunus avium - Landscape Plants | Oregon State University
Leaves are alternate, simple, oblong-ovate, 6-15 cm long, margin unequally serrate, the upper surface is dark green and rugose (wrinkled), more or less pubescent below; reddish glands develop on the petiole near the leaf blade. Flowers are white, 2.5-3.5 cm …
Prunus avium — sweet cherry - Go Botany
Its fragrant, white flowers bloom in April before leaf-out, and are pollinated by bees and butterflies. Because the fruits are animal-dispersed, the tree has managed to escape the garden and has naturalized in many areas. Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), forests.
Prunus avium (L.) L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science
First published in Fl. Suec., ed. 2: 165 (1755) The native range of this species is Europe to Afghanistan, N. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Prunus avium - Trees and Shrubs Online
Fruits of Prunus avium, North Yorkshire, UK; July 2018. Image John Grimshaw. A deciduous tree up to 60 ft or more high, with a trunk occasionally 2 ft and upwards in diameter, the bark shining and peeling horizontally; young twigs glabrous.
Faul Preserve | Prunus avium - University of Arizona
Prunus avium is one of the most important European hardwood trees, and is highly valued for paneling, cabinet-making, parquet floors, musical instruments, charcoal, and timber (3, 4). The trees are planted in ornamental gardens, for shade and shelter, and as …
sweet cherry - Encyclopedia Britannica
2024年11月5日 · sweet cherry, (Prunus avium), species of cherry cultivated for its sweet, edible fruits. It is one of three types of cherries that are grown commercially, the others being tart cherries and dukes, which are crosses of sweet and tart cherries.
Prunus avium | BBC Gardeners World Magazine
The wild cherry, or gean, Prunus avium, is a medium-sized deciduous tree with pure white flowers in spring, followed by small, red-purple cherries in summer. The chestnut-coloured bark becomes silvery with age, and leaves turn a rich orange-red in autumn.