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+1⁄2–19+1⁄2 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 (1⁄2–2 in) wide, with a serrated margin.^[5] The stems rarely exceed 2 cm (3⁄4 in) in length.^[6]