Family: Rosaceae
chokecherry
[Padus virginiana (L.) Mill.]
Janice Stiefel
Matthew L. Wagner
Etymology: Prunus: ancient Latin name for the plum
Plants: perennial tree
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial tree
Conservation Status: Native
- tall shrub or small tree
- branches lacking spines
- pair of glands at top of petiole (base of blade)
- elongate raceme with 12-20 or more flowers
- leaves obovate to lanceolate, widest at or above the middle, dull above
- margins finely serrate - the teeth narrowly acuminate and ascending to spreading
- sepals lined with 10 or more glands
- leaves usually glabrous below, if hairs, they are whitish or yellowish and conentrated in the axils of the lateral veins (not restricted to the midvein and rust-colored as in P. serotina)
Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 3, Wetland Indicator = FAC- USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos University of Wisconsin - Green Bay: Shrubs: Photos, descriptions, information University of Wisconsin - Green Bay: Trees: Photos, descriptions, information Virginia Tech Dept. of Forestry, College of Natural Resources: detailed description and photographs Southwest School of Botanical Medicine: Britton & Brown Illustrated Flora - 2nd Edition (1913) "An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada" Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest; UW-Extension: Interactive guide providing information on cultivation including: soil, zone, growth rate, landscape uses, pruning, light requirements; with photos and Latin name pronounciation
Matthew L. Wagner
Janice Stiefel
Matthew L. Wagner
Matthew L. Wagner
Matthew L. Wagner
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