Cherry

Prunus spp.

• Height: up to 20 m depending on the species, exceptions up to 30 m
• Trunk: reddish to brownish-grey bark, smooth to shallowly fissured, partly glossy; lenticels form distinct horizontal structures/transverse bands
• Crown: rounded, often broadly spreading
• Leaves: alternate, oblong-ovate to elliptical, pointed
• Flowers: profuse, fragrant, white to pink flowers in umbel-like or raceme-like clusters
• Fruits/Seeds: Stone fruits with a hard pit, fleshy on the outside and often edible

^{Photos: Tobias Erras (1), BUND Naturschutz in Bayern (2,3,4,5)}