By the time the solstice sun peaks, trees and shrubs are seeding up. At least in nature’s eyes, the waxing of the year has been accomplished. Cultivated fruit trees, wild apples, cherries, and ...

Black cherry, or Prunus serotina trees, are distinctive, with horizontal stripes on dark, flaky bark. Courtesy of Valerie Blaine An amazing array of animals rely on the black cherry.

Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee says we can thank wildlife, especially birds, for the spread of wild black cherry trees. This tree-sized cherry tree has shiny, elongated leaves with finely ...

Black cherry will grow in sun or partial shade, 70 to 90 feet tall, in average to well-drained soil in the eastern United States, as far south as the Tampa/Orlando area. What you plant in your ...

It is, indeed, a beautiful tree with greyish-black textured bark, and its long, slender densely packed white flower clusters that bear nectar and pollen for native bees and honeybees.

In the frozen fastness of a winter forest, devoid of green plants and insects, winter tree bark provides important winter insect habitat and a food pantry… Search Query Show Search News/Noticias ...

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) develops deep ridges and fissures, while black cherry (Prunus serotina) forms flat plates. Bark characteristics will change on the same tree over time, too. The ...

Think of the trunk of a cherry tree, with its narrow lines etched into the bark. Those lines—called lenticels, or “little windows”— are actually portals in the bark that let the tree breathe.