Pin Cherry
Prunus pensylvanica
Pin cherry is a fast, short-lived pioneer that floods burned and cleared land with white bloom, then bright red cherries beloved by birds. Its quick shade nurses the next forest.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–30 ft
- Spacing
- 15–25 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~456 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CO, CT, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NY, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV