Prunus emarginata
Bitter cherry · also Oregon cherry, Canadian cherry
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Prunus emarginata, also known as bitter cherry or Oregon cherry, is a tree species native to western North America, ranging from western Canada to the western and west-central United States, and into northern Baja California, Mexico. It is a temperate species with a conservation status of "least concern".
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1910.55%—8.3 in
- 1130.06%—12 in
- 420.27%3.0 yr10 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Trunk diameters across every city: median 9.1 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 19 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests
- Arizona Mountains forests
- British Columbia coastal conifer forests
- Central British Columbia Mountain forests
- Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
- Central-Southern Cascades Forests
- Northern California coastal forests
- Northern Pacific Alaskan coastal forests
- Northern Rockies conifer forests
- Sierra Nevada forests
- South Central Rockies forests
Other Prunus in the catalogue
60 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
