124 TREES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PLATE LXII. PRUNUS AMERICANA. 



1. Winter buds. 



2. Flowering branch. 



3. Flower with part of perianth and stamens removed. 



4. Petal. 

 5. 



6. Stone. 



Prunus Pennsylvanica, L. f . 



WILD RED CHERRY. PIN CHERRY. PIGEON CHERRY. 

 BIRD CHERRY. 



Habitat and Range. Roadsides, clearings, burnt lands, hill 

 slopes, occasional in rather low grounds. 



From Labrador to the Rocky mountains, through British Columbia 

 to the Coast Range. 



Throughout New England ; very common in the northern 

 portions, as high up as 4500 feet upon Katahdin, less common 

 southward and near the seacoast. 



South to North Carolina ; west to Minnesota and Missouri. 



Habit. A slender tree, seldom more than 30 feet high ; 

 trunk 8-10 inches in diameter, erect ; branches at an angle of 

 45 or less ; head rather open, roundish or oblong, character- 

 ized in spring by clusters of long-stemmed white flowers, and 

 in autumn by a profusion of small red fruit. 



Bark. Bark of trunk in fully grown trees dark brownish- 

 red, conspicuously marked with coarse horizontal lines; the 

 outer layer peeling off in fine scales, disclosing a brighter red 

 layer beneath; in young trees very smooth and shining 

 throughout ; lines very conspicuous in the larger branches ; 

 branchlets brownish-red with small horizontal lines ; spray 

 and season's shoots polished red, with minute orange dots. 



Winter Buds and Leaves. Buds small, broad-conical, acute. 

 Leaves numerous, 3-4 inches long, 1-2 inches wide, light 

 green and shining on both sides, ovate-lanceolate, oval or 



