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ROSACEAE - - Rose Family
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Fire Cherry, Pin Cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) - Tree 11 m. tall or less, the young twigs reddish and somewhat shining; leaf-blades lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 6—15 cm. long, acuminate, glabrous or sometimes sparingly pubescent beneath, narrowed or rounded at the base; flowers 3—7 together in umbel-like or corymb-like clusters; sepals elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse, glabrous, eglandular; petals about 5 mm. long; drupe globular, 5—7 mm. in diameter, red, the flesh thin; stone ovoid to broadly ellipsoid to subglobose.
High elevation forests, boulderfield forests, thickets at high elevations resulting from fire or logging.
Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.
The range of Prunus pensylvanica (Fire Cherry, Pin Cherry)
Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].
Despite the above documenting three counties in northeast Georgia, there are presently no collections (except a dubius collection from Valdosta) of this species at UGA, therefore no GA range map available.
Guide to the Trees of North Georgia and Adjacent States
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