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Crreping Cherry

Cerasus prostrata

Description:

Cerasus prostrata is a lovely creeping cherry that grows in the mountains around the Mediterranean and SW Asia. The fruits develop much later in summer-autumn, they are edible, but not very tasty. In peak blooming this is a very impressive plant.

Habitat:

rocky slopes

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2 Comments

Ori Fragman-Sapir
Ori Fragman-Sapir 9 years ago

yues, foxes love cherries :)

staccyh
staccyh 9 years ago

Do animals eat the fruit?

Ori Fragman-Sapir
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Ori Fragman-Sapir

מועצה אזורית גולן, מחוז הצפון, Israel

Spotted on May 3, 2006
Submitted on Dec 14, 2014

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