Prunus serotina

Origin: Eastern North America

Family: Rosaceae

English name: Black cherry

French name: Cerisier d’automne

Italian name: Ciliegio tardivo

Spanish name: Cerezo negro americano

Description

Black cherry trees are best known for their profuse spring blooms. The fragrant flowers of the black cherry tree appear with the spring foliage. The blooms grow in slender pendulous clusters. Flowers are replaced by drooping clusters of small red cherries.