Can you help me identify this tree in my yard?
Tree ID
Here's the bark
No tree expert but it looks like a Chokecherry or a near cousin to it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/3596532366/
This message was edited May 1, 2010 8:18 AM
I'm leaning in that direction myself, but can't find an ID that matches closely. It's now flowering widely in my neck of the woods, including my back yard.
Is it a wild black cherry? Prunus serotina
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Amerikaanse_vogelkers_bessen_Prunus_serotina.jpg/180px-Amerikaanse_vogelkers_bessen_Prunus_serotina.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Horticulture/Prunus_serotina&usg=__9MN_gGLo035omcvXlAzoLLMv_PI=&h=240&w=180&sz=17&hl=en&start=32&itbs=1&tbnid=FKMPUH8knhH7xM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=83&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPrunus%2Bsubgenus%2BPadus%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
This message was edited May 1, 2010 8:53 AM
Yes, this one does come very close and could be the one. I just found this link.
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/p/pruero/pruero1.html
I'm relieved to discover that it's native so I don't have to worry about letting it grow and nurturing it. I've been pruning for a couple of years to try to improve the shape.
Yes - definitely in the cherry family. Annoying weed tree for me.
Lucky for me i've got room and have a ton of things blooming in the woods. I have no idea what half of them are but I assume wild cherry tree's and honeysuckles.
This one is at the bottom of the field.
My next goal is to figure out the honeysuckles. I expect to find that they're all invasives and will be coming out, but I'd really like to understand what I'm looking at.
Oh, and Thank You for your help. I'm glad to get this one resolved.