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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPrunus avium (Wild Cherry)
GenusPrunus (plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry)
FamilyROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
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
Image 1: Canopy - flowers past their bestImage 2: Canopy - flowers past their best (2)Image 3: Canopy - flowers past their best (3)Image 4: Canopy - flowers past their best (4)Image 5: Canopy - flowers past their best (5)Image 6: Tree and saplings along old boundary bankImage 7: Bracts at base of flowersImage 8: Bracts at base of flowers (2)Image 9: Flower - enlargedImage 10: Flower - side view - enlargedImage 11: InflorescenceImage 12: Inflorescence (2)Image 13: Leaf margin - under and top surfacesImage 14: Leaf margin - under and top surfaces - enlargedImage 15: Leaf spray - top viewImage 16: Leaf spray - under surfaceImage 17: Leaf - top surfaceImage 18: Leaf - top surface (2)Image 19: Leaf - top surface (3)Image 20: Leaf - under surfaceImage 21: Leaf - under surface - magnifiedImage 22: Leaves - top surfaceImage 23: Leaves - under surfaceImage 24: Petiole - note pair of glands and stipulesImage 25: Petiole - not gland and stipulesImage 26: PetiolesImage 27: Petiol - note gland and stipules

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Prunus avium (Wild Cherry)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 98 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Prunus avium (Wild Cherry)
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