Prunus serotina
	Black or Rum Cherry
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	Eastern and Central North America
	90 feet
	Small white flowers are produced in gracefully drooping racemes
	Late May
	Graceful, lustrous, peachlike leaves, its tendency to produce gracefully drooping branches and its dense branching habit
	Yellows and reds in the fall
	Bark that looks like burnt potato chips
	Small cherries are colorfully effective while they are red, though at maturity they turn black
	Leaves and twigs are poisonous to browsing livestock.

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