Cherry (Prunus avium)
Appearance; A tree that sheds its leaves for winter, reaching a height of approx 30 meters. Very regular, conical crown, in younger trees it ends with a slender top, in older specimens, it is more columnar, afe always quite evenly vaulted.
The trunk is often very thick.
C2 bark reddish brown gray, slightly shiny, it is separated with narrow or wider transverse webs, with a clearly transverse pattern of spiracles. Strong shoots, reddish brown. smooth. Donuts ovate, tightened, shiny reddish-brown, adherent.
Torsion leaves, obovate to oblong, oval, with slender, like a planted top. Have 7-15 cm in length and 4-8 cm wide, irregular serrations with serrations facing forward. Smooth and dark green on top, underneath it is brighter and slightly shiny, in the groin with small tufts of hairs of the larger nerves . Petioles long 2-4 cm, just below the gills are marked with distinct ones, usually red colored glands.
Flowers on long stalks, collected a few in podbaldach, develop shortly before the list.
Pestkowce kuliste, dark red, rarely also yellowish.
Habitat: Cherry likes deep soil, fresh and fertile.
Occurrence: In Europe, it is widespread in thickets, forests and mixed bushes. Not easy to distinguish from wild garden cherries.
Flowering period: April to May.
General thoughts: Wild cherry is the starting form of sweet cherries that are cultivated in numerous varieties. Varieties derived from wild, "Bird” sweet cherries, can be divided into two circles of forms. Cherries proper (Prunus amm var. duracin) they have very big, usually black or red fruit, with firm flesh. Only a few light varieties are known from the funnel of the group. It shakes (Prunus amm var. Juliana) include varieties with soft, very juicy fruit flesh with a dark black-red or light red-yellowish color.
Related species:
Sakhalin cherry (Prunus sargentii) it has a shiny purplish-brown bark with transverse rows of spiracles. The flowers are pink-reddish. Often planted in parks and gardens as an ornamental tree. Even more often. because of the beauty of the flowers, Japanese Japanese cherry blossoms are used (Prunus serrulata). In this tree, the leaves are narrowly oval, and the flowers gathered in great number, clumpy podbaldachy. Wild cherries can have many uses, usually, however, it is not easy to wait for ripe fruit – anticipating watchful birds in the set.