Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) Native Pacific Serviceberry

Pacific Serviceberry

Landscape Use and Ecological Function: found in the Coastal Ranges of Oregon

Rhus trilobata is polygamodiocious

It's grown and pressed by Palestinian farmer cooperatives in the West Bank

Bloom Time: spring to early summer

Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) Native Pacific ServiceberryPlant Description: Chokecherry is a thicket forming deciduous shrub small tree. The lustrous dark green leaves are pale below, oval shaped and wider near the base with a sharp tip and margins are finely toothed. Bark is gray to reddish brown, with raised horizontal ridges (lenticels). The fragrant flowers have 5 white petals and are in long spike like clusters (racemes) to 6 in (15 cm) long. Chokecherry blooms before the leaves are present in May