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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Chokecherry

Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana, commonly called bitter-berry,[3] chokecherry,[3] Virginia bird cherry,[3] and western chokecherry[3] (also black chokecherry for P. virginiana var. demissa),[3] is a species of bird cherry (Prunus subgenus Padus) native to North America.

Chokecherry is a suckering shrub or small tree growing to 1–6 metres (3+1219+12 feet) tall, rarely to 10 m (33 ft) and exceptionally wide, 18 m (60 ft) with a trunk as thick as 30 centimetres (12 in).[4] The leaves are oval, 2.5–10 cm (1–4 in) long and 1.2–5 cm (12–2 in) wide, with a serrated margin.[5] The stems rarely exceed 2 cm (34 in) in length.[6]

Bloom Season: March - November

Habitat: most commonly found at the mid-to-lower elevations of the Front Range and foothills in full sun to partial shade

Photography Notes: Very Cooperative

Credits: Jason Fazio, 29 May


Image Credit: Coming Soon


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Chokecherry (native) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.