PLANTS Profile for Prunus virginiana (chokecherry)

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PLANTS Profile

Prunus virginiana L.
chokecherry


Symbol:		PRVI
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Rosaceae
Growth Habit:		Tree Shrub
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Native

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Prunus virginiana L.

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Plant Distribution by State:
Prunus virginiana L.

State Distributional Map for Prunus virginiana L.

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	AR AZ CA CO CT DC IA ID IL IN KS KY MA ME MI MN MO	MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SD TN TX	UT VA VT WA WI WV WY

Prunus virginiana L. occures in the following states: Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

Related Taxa:
Prunus virginiana L.

View 71 genera in Rosaceae, 61 species in Prunus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Prunus virginiana var. demissa
western chokecherry

Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
black chokecherry

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana
chokecherry

Classification:
Prunus virginiana L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae –
Order	Rosales –
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Prunus L. – plum
Species	Prunus virginiana L. – chokecherry

Threatened and Endangered Plant Information:
Prunus virginiana L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Tennessee:
choke cherry		Special Concern

Invasive Information:
Prunus virginiana L.

chokecherry
common chokecherry

This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
NE&GP;		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.