Rosaceae
Pin cherry
Prunus pensylvanica
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (9)
- atj
- Wisakatikw
- Azerbaijani
- Pensilvaniya meşəgilası
- Chinese
- 宾州樱桃, 宾州櫻桃, 美国酸樱桃
- English
- Pin cherry, Pincherry
- Estonian
- Pensilvaania kirsipuu
- Finnish
- Pilvikirsikka
- Russian
- Черёмуха пенсильванская
- Swedish
- Amerikanskt häggkörsbär
- Welsh
- Coeden geirios Pensylfania
Synonyms
- Cerasus borealis Michx.
- Cerasus corymbulosa (Rydb.) Kovalev
- Cerasus pensylvanica (L.f.) Loisel.
- Cerasus persicifolia (Desf.) Loisel.
- Padellus pensylvanica (L.f.) Eremin & Yushev
- Padus pensylvanica (L.f.) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Prunus borealis (Michx.) Poir.
- Prunus cerasifolia S.Watson
- Prunus corymbulosa Rydb.
- Prunus lanceolata Willd.
- Prunus pennsylvanica Sarg.
- Prunus pensylvanica subsp. corymbulosa (Rydb.) W.Wight
- Prunus pensylvanica var. pensylvanica
- Prunus pensylvanica var. saximontana Rehder
- Prunus persicifolia Desf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Halava, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.