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Prunus virginiana
Species of plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Aronia, called chokeberries.
Prunus virginiana, commonly called bitter-berry,[3] chokecherry,[3] Virginia bird cherry,[3] and western chokecherry[3] (also black chokecherry for P. virginiana var. demissa),[3] is a species of bird cherry (Prunus subgenus Padus) native to North America.
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Prunus virginiana | |
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Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern chokecherry) in bloom | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Padus |
Species: | P. virginiana |
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Prunus virginiana | |
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