Prunus avium (L.) L.
(Wild Cherry)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Prunus avium (Wild Cherry)
Genus	Prunus (plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry)
Family	ROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
Order	ROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Prunus avium is also a member of:
Soft Fruit - treees, bushes and plants that are grown for soft fruit (via Prunus)
Broadleaved shrubs - broadleaved shrubs (via Prunus)
Broadleaved trees - broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees (via Prunus)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Prunus)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees - broadleaved and coniferous trees (via Broadleaved trees)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved trees)

Records of Prunus avium (Wild Cherry) :
1: Prunus avium (Wild Cherry)
27 Apr 2002	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England

Prunus avium (Wild Cherry) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Prunus avium (Wild Cherry)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 98 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Prunus avium (Wild Cherry)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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