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black chokecherry
Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
Fort Collins
- Synonyms
- Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.0 ft. to 20.0 ft.
Spread: 8.0 ft. to 12.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub, Tree
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low, Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Riparian, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- April, May, June
- Flower Color
- White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Suckers
- Design Considerations
- Edible Fruit, Fall Color, Fragrant, Screening, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
3, 4, 5 - Soil Type
- Loam, Sandy
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No City Data
- Hazards/Toxic
- Don't Consume. Plant Parts May Be Poisonous.
Notes
USDA Plants National Database recognizes three varieties of P. virginiana, all native to the U.S. Variety virginiana is native to the eastern U.S. and variety melanocarpa is native to the western, including Colorado. Variety demissa is scattered across the western U.S. and into some of the eastern states.
Orange to red fall color. Great species to draw insect and fruit eating birds to your yard. It is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.
All parts of this plant, including the seeds are poisonous, except the berries.