Prunus pensylvanica
Bird cherry · also Fire cherry, Pin cherry, Red cherry
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Prunus pensylvanica, also known as bird cherry, fire cherry, pin cherry, and red cherry, is a temperate North American cherry species. It is a deciduous tree that thrives in well-drained soils and full sun. It provides high value to local urban wildlife, particularly birds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,0870.23%7.4 yr2.8 in
- 4280.08%—2.0 in
- 3940.54%8.8 yr2.0 in
- 980.03%—3.9 in
- 910.12%—4.7 in
- 720.02%—2.4 in
- 570.07%—0.8 in
- 520.02%—5.7 in
- 430.02%—20 in
- 410.03%—5.5 in
- 410.09%16 yr3.1 in
- 230.00%—5.9 in
- 120.00%—5.7 in
- 100.09%—3.9 in
- 40.01%—7.9 in
- 30.00%—6.0 in
- 20.02%—9.0 in
- 10.01%——
- 10.00%—6.7 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.8 in, mean 4.4 in, 90th percentile 9.8 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
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- New England-Acadian forests
- Western Great Lakes forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests
- Colorado Rockies forests
Other Prunus in the catalogue
60 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
