Prunus cerasus

 

CLASSIFICATION Deciduous broadleaf

HABIT/SIZE Small to medium tree from 8 to 15 feet tall; shrubby; limbs are slender and tend to sag

LEAVES Simple; alternate; three inches long; elliptic to ovate with leaves ending in pointed tips; serrated margins; glossy dark green

FLOWER White or pink with five petals; grouped in clusters; self-fertile

FRUIT/SEED/CONE Red to dark red drupe with long stalks

BARK Grey-brown or red-brown with lenticels as a young tree; scale-like in maturity

 

A cluster of many delicate white flowers    

Green fruit hanging from a tree

Rough purplish bark