Prunus serotina
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Wild/Black Cherry
This deciduous tree grows rapidly to heights of 100 feet in full sun and tolerates a wide range of soil types.
Simple, alternate, finely serrated, oblong to lance shaped leaves are two to five inches long with yellow to red fall color. The fruit is formed on a four to six inch raceme of white flowers in early spring that yield small juicy reddish black edible berries in summer.
The Natural History Museum reports Prunus serotina as a host for the following butterfly species:
Celastrina argiolus
Harkenclenus titus
Incisalia henrici
Satyrium liparops
Papilio glaucus
Papilio multicaudatus
Papilio troilus
Basilarchia archippus
Basilarchia arthemis
The Natural History Museum reports Prunus serotina as a host for the following Saturniidae species:
Antheraea polyphemus
Automeris cecrops
Automeris io
Automeris louisiana
Automeris randa
Automeris zephyria
Callosamia angulifera
Callosamia promethea
Citheronia aroa
Citheronia phoronea
Citheronia regalis
Coscinocera hercules
Eacles imperialis
Eupackardia calleta
Gonimbrasia gueinzii
Hemileuca eglanterina
Hemileuca lucina
Hemileuca maia
Hyalophora cecropia
Hyalophora columbia
Hyalophora euryalus
Imbrasia gueinzii
Leucanella contempta
Rothschildia cincta
Rothschildia hesperus
Rothschildia jacobaeae
Rothschildia jorulla
Rothschildia lebeau
Rothschildia orizaba
Rothschildia roxana
Rothschildia zacateca
Samia cynthia
Samia walkeri
Agapema galbina
Saturnia pavonia
The Natural History Museum reports Prunus serotina as a host for the following Sphingidae species:
Amorpha juglandis
Paonias astylus
Paonias excaecata
Paonias myops
Smerinthus jamaicensis
Sphinx chersis
Sphinx drupiferarum
The Natural History Museum reports Prunus serotina as a host for the following Catocala species:
Catocala ultronia
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