Wild cherry

Description:

The wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, is a perennial tree in the family Rosaceae grown for its fruit, the cherry. Cherry trees have alternating simple oval leaves which often have serrated margins and approximately eight pairs of veins, 5–13 cm long. The flowers are white and appear in clusters of about 3–5. They appear in early spring and are about one inch long. The fruit is dark red, about half an inch to a full inch, matures in early to mid summer. The bark is gray-brown, smooth and glossy and it often peels. Cherry trees can live up to 60 years, growing to a height of over 15 m.

Habitat:

Better soils in hedgerows and woods, especially in beech woods.

Notes:

Spotted in rural area of Deventer, Holland. (sources:see reference)