In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the Pin or Fire Cherry. This species is found in the North Woods of Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of ...

Pin cherry is the least common species, a fast-growing small shrub that can reach 30 feet. I had one here that grew into a tree with a diameter of about 4 inches.

Pin and black cherry (Prunus pennsylvanica and P serotina) occur frequently in the northeastern U.S. in single and mixed species stands. However, the eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) ...

Besides exotic introductions, the Eastern United States was full of wild, native cherry trees. Our native pin cherry (P. pennsylvanica, but also called bird cherry) is not much more than a bush.

Growing on small trees, this arboreal blossoming begins with plum, Juneberry and pin cherry. Though many of their petals have fallen in the wind, others remain, and the roadsides are full of blossoms.