Prunus serotina - Black Cherry dye and catkins are eaten by

and catkins are eaten by birds including goldfinches

flood plain forests with open shade

I imagine pretty lean soil is fine

exuberant growth

will not do well in full shade

Prunus serotina - Black Cherry dye and catkins are eaten bySizes available: #1 (Trade gallon) Basics: zones 3 9, 25 100' x 45 75' crown at maturity (however, fruit production starts at about 10 years and reaches peak at about thirty), sun to part shade, blooms in spring directly after leaf emergence, numerous small white flowers on panicles ripen to reddish black drupes (fruit) in late summer to fall, likes slightly acidic, medium moist, well drained soils. Tolerant of lean soils. Common names: Black Cherry,