Prunus laurocerasus
Cherry laurel · also Common laurel, English laurel
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Prunus laurocerasus is an evergreen tree with large, leathery, glossy elliptic leaves. Native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia, it thrives in fertile soils and high rainfall. This species produces small black drupes that attract birds, but its leaves and stems contain toxic cyanogenic glycosides, and its fruit is mildly toxic to humans.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,9480.17%—2.3 in
- 1380.06%—8.8 in
- 360.01%17 yr4.9 in
- 360.03%—9.0 in
- 170.01%—11 in
- 120.03%—14 in
- 110.07%—9.8 in
- 90.00%—3.1 in
- 60.01%5.4 yr—
- 40.01%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—3.9 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 25–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25–30 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water needs
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Pollution tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.5 in, mean 3.7 in, 90th percentile 7.3 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 Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Balkan mixed forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Elburz Range forest steppe
- Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests
Other Prunus in the catalogue
60 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
