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Native Trees of Canada 



The twigs are slender, flexible, and a bright red. The twigs of the other coast 

 cherry, the western choke cherry, are of a light brown colour. 



The winter buds are chestnut-brown, pointed, and very small, about }i in. 

 long. Those of the western choke cherry are much longer and larger. 



The leaves are variable in size, 1 to 3 in. long and ^ to 13^ in. broad. The 

 teeth in the margin are minute and rounded. 



The fruit is an extremely bitter, dark red cherry about the size of a pea, which 

 grows either singly or in clusters. 



PRUNUS PENNSYLVANICA, Linn. BIRD CHERRY 



Common names: Bird cherry, wild red cherry*, pin cherry, 



pigeon cherry. 

 French name: Petit merisier. 



The bird cherry is a small tree or shrub 10 to 25 ft. high and 4 to 8 in. in diameter. 



Rl? CHERRY 



It is found in clearings, burned-over lands, and along roadsides. It is widely 

 distributed in Canada, ranging from the Atlantic to the Coast range in British 

 Columbia. Its wood is seldom put to any commercial use. 



The bark is smooth, reddish-brown, and covered with conspicuous orange or 

 rusty-coloured, powdery lenticels. These lenticels are not elongated to the same 

 extent as those of the black cherry. The inner bark is a bright green. On older 

 trunks the bark separates into papery plates. 



