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| I have a couple trees growing and I have been told by many people that they are wild cherries. I have my doubts , they look to similar to the ash trees. In your opinion what do you think they are?I have more phots , was only allowed to upload one.Tried to cover up leaves from another tree . |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 6, 12 at 18:50
| we need pix of this trees leaves ... insert second or third pic.. in new replies .. ken |
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| An ash has a compound leaf with leaflets. The leaves are arranged opposite one another on the branch. A cherry has a simple (single) leaf with toothed margins. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branch. |
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- Posted by lovestogrow (My Page) on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 2:19
| Just by looking at the bark it looks like the cherry trees I have at our farm. Pictures of the leaves could confirm it though. |
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- Posted by iKandyXotics none (My Page) on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 12:55
| Here is a photo of the leaves thanks :) |
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| Definitely a cherry; likely Black Cherry Prunus serotina. Resin |
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- Posted by iKandyXotics none (My Page) on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 18:16
| Okay awesome !! I was really really hoping it was a Cherry ! Now , if it will fruit... |
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| Not that kind of cherry. It's the cherry that they make furniture out of. In the south black cherry is very short live and will die within 10 years or less. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 7:49
| the fruit are about as big as a pencil eraser .. bitter as God knows what.. have little of no usable meat on the fruit.. as the pit is micrometers smaller that the eraser .. and distributed by the millions by bird poop ... of no use as a fruit tree .. imho ...though i suppose if you collected a couple billion.. and added 50 pounds of sugar.. you could make something edible out of them ... or some kind of ink or coloring with the deep red color ... as above.. i refer to the as the furniture cherry ... a fresh cut branch.. in the right season.. will have a slight fragrance of red pop.. for a second or two.. after bruising the bark... and i mean ephemeral ... either that.. or someone once said that.. and its all in my imagination ... ken |
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| In the south black cherry is very short live and will die within 10 years or less. What?! Prunus serotina, wild black cherry, does live longer than 10 years and can become a good sized tree. I have some of them. |
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- Posted by wisconsitom 4/5 WI (My Page) on Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 13:13
| "red pop"......lol! Esh, are you in the mountainous area of N.GA? That throws everything off a zone or two. +oM |
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- Posted by iKandyXotics none (My Page) on Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 13:57
| I have these trees all over my lawn !! It is hard to keep them down ! |
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- Posted by salicaceae z8b FL (My Page) on Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 14:26
| No, wild cherries are long lived here. The cultivated species and cultivars are short lived though. |
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| I am about 30 miles north of Atlanta, not considered the North Georgia mountains (unless I'm trying to sell my house ...). |
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| Per a very reputable local resource. "Though Black Cherry can become a fairly large tree in the Appalachian Mountains, in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain it is very susceptible to disease and tends to be small and short-lived." I've never seen anyone log a black cherry in Raleigh. You can take that to the bank. The money bank... |
Here is a link that might be useful: Black cherries in nc mtns pied cp
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