Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)

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Wild Black Cherry is remarkable for its value to wildlife. As a Keystone plant, it is the host for the Red-Spotted Purple, Hummingbird Clearwing, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, and 416 other species of butterflies and moths in our area (nwf.org)! It produces a profusion of aromatic flower clusters in the spring that are very popular with early pollinators and it is a host plant for the specialist bee Andrena fenningeri (Johnson and Colla, 2023) . Plus, the fruit is an important source of food to many birds (bird table) and mammals too (illinoiswildflower.info) (audubon.org)! Native Cherries are always a gift to the landscape.

Photo credit: Doug McGrady (1), John Blair (2-4)

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Wild Black Cherry is remarkable for its value to wildlife. As a Keystone plant, it is the host for the Red-Spotted Purple, Hummingbird Clearwing, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, and 416 other species of butterflies and moths in our area (nwf.org)! It produces a profusion of aromatic flower clusters in the spring that are very popular with early pollinators and it is a host plant for the specialist bee Andrena fenningeri (Johnson and Colla, 2023) . Plus, the fruit is an important source of food to many birds (bird table) and mammals too (illinoiswildflower.info) (audubon.org)! Native Cherries are always a gift to the landscape.

Photo credit: Doug McGrady (1), John Blair (2-4)

Life Cycle: Perennial

Sun Exposure: Full, Light shade

Soil Moisture: Medium, Medium-Dry

Height: Up to 80 feet

Plant Spacing: 30-60 feet

Bloom Time: May-June

Bloom Color: White

Advantages: Bird Favorite, Caterpillar Favorite, Pollinator Favorite

Host Plant: Red-Spotted Purple, Hummingbird Clearwing, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, and 416 other species of butterflies and moths in our area (nwf.org)

Specialist Bee: Andrena fenningeri (Johnson and Colla, 2023)

Resource: Johnson, Lorraine, and Sheila Colla. A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators: Creating Habitat in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Midwest. Island Press, 2023

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