Prunus maackii
Manchurian cherry · also Amur chokecherry, Amur cherry
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Prunus maackii is a deciduous tree known for its smooth, glossy bronze-yellow peeling bark that becomes grey-brown with age. It produces white flowers in mid-spring and small black drupes in summer, which are consumed by birds. This species is cultivated for its ornamental bark and cold hardiness, performing best in full sun and adaptable to well-drained soils.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2,9170.61%8.4 yr4.7 in
- 2,5020.48%—3.9 in
- 1,9470.64%—2.4 in
- 5710.05%—1.5 in
- 1870.26%8.8 yr2.0 in
- 1750.06%18 yr5.9 in
- 1350.06%—3.8 in
- 440.10%9.8 yr2.8 in
- 420.01%2.0 yr2.0 in
- 360.01%16 yr4.0 in
- 340.02%2.1 yr2.0 in
- 230.01%—3.0 in
- 130.02%—9.3 in
- 70.00%—3.0 in
- 50.00%—15 in
- 40.01%——
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.1 in, mean 5.0 in, 90th percentile 11 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
- Manchurian mixed forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Other Prunus in the catalogue
60 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
