KEY TO IMPORTANT WOODY PLANTS 



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Bitter cherry 



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(serrulate) effect; leaves often oblong, variable in 

 shape and hairiness, blunt to pointed or slightly 

 notched (emarginate) at tip, wedge-shaped at base, 

 to 3 inches long; flowers dull white, appearing with 

 leaves, in branched, umbrellalike clusters (corymbose 

 racemes) in leaf axils; cherries very bitter, bright 

 red (drying dark) ; crushed twigs with peach-pit odor 

 and bitter taste; outer bark easily separated from 

 inner bark; moist to dry hillsides near streams, e. 

 Oreg., e. Wash., also w. of Cascades; type locality, 

 upper part of Columbia River, near Kettle Falls. 



bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata). 



