Wild Black Cherries

July 29, 2026

The current image has no alternative text. The file name is: ACascadeOfWildBlackCherries1-scaled.jpg

Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina), a tree that provides food for a huge assortment of birds and mammals, both large and small. Native to a vast swath of North America, including the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada, some parts of Mexico and down to Guatemala.

If you’re feeling adventuresome, hold on and think about it. Yes, the flesh of the ripe fruit is edible, but the rest of the tree including the leaves, stems, seeds, and bark are toxic.

_______________________

If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up here!

Published by

Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

2 thoughts on “Wild Black Cherries”

Comments are closed.