68 Trees of North Carolina 



104. Crataegus tomentosa L. (In the sense of Sar- 



gent)*. Pear Thorn. 



This is very closely related to Chapman's Thorn, 

 but the fruits are more pear-shaped, duller red, and 

 are borne in erect clusters. 



105. Prunus serotina Ehrh. Choke Cherry, Wild 



Black Cherry. 



Usually a small tree with smooth bark when young, 

 rough wben old. Leaves oval to lanceolate, 2-6 inches 

 long, rather coarsely toothed, dark-green, thickish, 

 smooth except for a conspicuous patch of reddish 

 down which usually borders the mid rib near the 

 base; fruits small, about 1 / 3 inch in diameter, black- 

 not edible, on short stalks scattered along a common 

 terminal fruiting axis ( a raceme) . Common through 

 the middle and western parts of the state, not so com- 

 mon in the eastern part. In the mountains it be- 

 comes a large tree 100 feet high and 3 feet in dia- 

 meter. It would be a very important timber tree if 

 large trees were more abundant. Dates of flowering: 

 April 18, 1903; April 9, 1908; April 28, 1909; 

 April 7, 1910; April 16, 1916. Example: Trees on 

 Glenn Burnie Farm. 



106. Prunus pennsylvanica L. f. "Wild Red Cherry .t 



A small tree, in this state found only in the 

 mountains. The bark is smooth and red; leaves ob- 



* This is not the C. tomentosa of Gray's Manual, a synonym of 

 C. uniflora Mueneh., which is only a shrub. 



t The small Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana L.) is a shrub or 

 rarely a small tree that is very rare in this state and so far as we 

 know hs been collected only on Cedar Cliff Mountain, Buncombe 



