PLANTS Profile for Prunus avium (sweet cherry)

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PLANTS Profile

Prunus avium (L.) L.
sweet cherry

Symbol:

PRAV

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Czechoslovakia (Former). Usage Requirements.

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Prunus avium (L.) L.

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Synonyms:
Prunus avium (L.) L.

CEAV

Cerasus avium (L.) Moench

Distribution:
Prunus avium (L.) L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CT, DC, DE, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Prunus avium (L.) L.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 61 species in Prunus

Classification:
Prunus avium (L.) L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Prunus L. – plum
Species	Prunus avium (L.) L. – sweet cherry

Introduced Information:
Prunus avium (L.) L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Prunus avium (L.) L.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Martin			Minor				Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Martin, A.C., H.S. Zim, and A.L. Nelson. 1951. American wildlife and plants: A guide to wildlife food habits. Dover Publications, New York.

More Accounts and Images:
Prunus avium (L.) L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24770.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Prunus avium (L.) L.

Image of wild cherry branch from Enzyklopadie der Landschaftsgestaltung

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 07:53 AM MDT