Wild cherry (Prunus avium)
Description
“Pet poisonous” - Toxic to Dogs Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry,sweet cherry, or gean, is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It is native to Europe, Anatolia, Maghreb, and western Asia, from the British Isles south to Morocco and Tunisia, north to the Trondheimsfjord region in Norway and east to the Caucasus and northern Iran, with a small isolated population in the western Himalaya.The species is widely cultivated in other regions and has become naturalized in North America and Australia. Prunus avium, has a diploid set of sixteen chromosomes (2n = 16).All parts of the plant except for the ripe fruit are slightly toxic, containing cyanogenic glycosides. Prunus avium is a deciduous tree growing to 15–32 m (49–105 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in diameter. Young trees show strong apical dominance with a straight trunk and symmetrical conical crown, becoming rounded to irregular on old trees.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Rosales
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Family: Rosaceae
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Genus: Prunus
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