Black Chokecherry Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa Rosaceae (Rose Family) Home       Plant Index    Details    Range Map

May 29, 2005 - Butterfield Canyon Berries at Big Cottonwood Canyon 14 August 2014 Toothed margins, shiny surface and pointed tip May 26, 2013 Photo shows two reddish glands near  the base of  each leaf Big Cottonwood Canyon on May 26, 2013 USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913.  An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions.  vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 329. Photo Details ©Nicky Davis This shrub or small tree grows from 3 to 25 feet tall. Leaves are alternate, elliptical, finely and sharply saw-toothed and slightly thickened.  There are one or two small  reddish glands at the base of each leaf.  Leaves are shiny dark green above, light green and sometimes slightly hairy beneath, turning yellow in autumn. The flower has 5 rounded white petals in unbranched clusters in late spring. The fruit is shiny dark red or blackish,  juicy and bitter maturing in late summer. Other Host plant for the Coral Hairstreak, Io Moth and the Two-tailed Swallowtail For photos, click  Coral Hairstreak -  Satyrium titus Two-Tailed Swallowtail - Papilio multicaudata multicaudata Io Moth - Saturniidae Hemileucinae Hemileucini Automeris io Cecropia Silkmoth - Saturniidae Saturniinae Hyalophora cecropia Promethea Silkmoth - Saturniidae Saturniinae Callosamia promethea Hyalophora cecropia crossed with Hyalophora Gloveri