leaf arrangement -altermate
leaf shape -elliptical
leaf margin -toothed
scientific name -prunus serotina
Description
Leaves 2-6 inches long 1-11/2 inches wide, oval to
oblong and pointed at each end; margins toothed,
dark green, smooth and shiny above, pater and smooth
below. Fruit in clutchers, spherical, 11 to 1/2
inches in diamiter, black juicy, sweet, edible when
ripe. bark dark, red-brown, on young trunks smooth,
on old trunks scaly. Tree sometimes 100 feet high
with a trunk 4 to 5 feet in diamiter.
It is found in the state, but grows best in rich soil
of mountain covers.
Bibliographies
1) G. Norman Bishop.1996. Georgia foresty commision,
Athens, GA
2) The Hutchinson Encyclopedia.1998. London, UK
3) The Hutchinson Encyclopedia.1996. London, UK
4) The Hutchinson Science Encyclopedia.1997. London, UK
5) Native Trees of UK.1993. London, UK