Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana L.)
↑Summary
This fruit is named for the strong astringency of its fruits, much greater than most other cherries.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Native or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Links & External Resources
• Chokecherry | Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) (About This Site)
• Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Prunus virginiana | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Choke Cherry | Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets (About This Site)
• Prunus virginiana | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Prunus virginiana | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Prunus virginiana | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Chokecherry | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Prunus virginiana L. var. virginiana (Choke Cherry) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
