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Cherry (Prunus spp)

Sour Cherry Leaf Sweet Cherry Flower

Sweet Cherry Fruit Sour Cherry Mature Tree

Pin Cherry Bark Wild Black Cherry Bark

Common Name: Cherry
Scientific Name: Prunus spp
Other Names:Leaf: Deciduous; simple; alternate; toothed; pair of warty glands at leaf stalk; 10-15
bud scales; 3 vein scars lead scar.
Flower: Showy; 5 sepals; 5 petals; 1 pistil; outer flower parts do not remain attached to
fruit; tassel like clusters or elongated clusters.
Fruit: Fleshy; single round stone; smooth; round.
Twig: Greyish skin that wears off; bitter almond odour when bruised.
Bark: Shiny or rough; may have lenticels.
Wood: Varies.

Facts About This Tree:
1. The genus Prunus has 3 subgenera of cherries and plums. The subgenera Cerasus and
Padus contains cherry species, while the subgenera Prunophora contains plums. The genus
Prunus also contains apricots, almonds, peaches, and nectarines, which is all stone fruits.
2. The genus Prunus contains 200 species, of which 18 are native to North America and 7
are native to Canada.

Lat, Long: 43.78433, -79.59149
Diameter (DBH): 32.1 cm
Last Year Modified: 2015
Carbon Stored in this Tree: 205.55 kg of C
Equivalent CO2: 753.62 kg of C

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Reference
1. Farrar, J. L. 2007. Trees in Canada. ON. Canadian Forest Service.
2. Cherries and Plums (Prunus). n.a. Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State
University. Retrieved on September 23, 2015 from
http://oregonstate.edu/trees/broadleaf_genera/cherry_plum.htm.
3. Photo Credit: Walter Siegmund (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)
or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
4. Photo Credit: Stan Shebs [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC BY-SA 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or CC BY-SA 2.5
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons.
5. Photo Credit: Jakub Hałun (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or
CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
6. Photo Credit: Joe Jenze (Own work) [CC BY 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
7. Photo Credit: Patrick Tregenza [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
8. Photo Credit: Benjamint444, edited by Fir0002 (Own work) [GFDL
(http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons.
9. Photo Credit: Halava (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
10. Photo Credit: JDMcGreg (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
11. Photo Credit: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Natural Environment and Outdoor Studies
[CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
12. Photo Credit: Boksi (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC
BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Humber River encompasses a portion of the Toronto Carrying Place Trail. The 40 kilometer route, located nearby along the river, was used by First Nations and European settlers to travel inland and transport goods, is one of the oldest established transportation routes in Canada.

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