Wild cherry Prunus avium

Features

Tree - deciduous. It grows up to 25 m high and usually does not exceed 0.8 m in diameter.

Species	Trees (Macrofanerophytes)
Living space	Clean or mixed forest
Size	up to 25 m

Description

The wild cherry is a deciduous tree. The rind is brownish-gray or light gray and thin. It is smooth and studded with lenticels. In older trees, the bark peels off in strips and the bark cracks. The root system adapts to the depth of the forest floor. The flowers are white and grouped in sessile whorls of three. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, oblong-ovate or elliptical, irregularly sawn along the edge, below they are hairy at first, later glabrous, hairy only along the veins. The flowers are bisexual and white. The fruits are stone (cherries) and ripen in mid-summer. The cherries are round, about 1 cm thick, red, fully ripe also black, sweet and fragrant. Wild cherry is a monoecious and insectivorous species. It grows well in warm and sunny sites with rich and fresh soil. Drought does not suit her.