Prunus serotina
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Common name: Rum cherry, black cherry
Prunus serotina is native to Eastern North America. It is a distant relative of sweet cherries. Its fruit is also edible, and, juiced, was used as a mixer with rum in colonial times. Small, white flowers bloom in spring.
Fall colour photo by Hughie Jones in the Garden Oct. 2021\
Cherry photo by AnRo0002, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Flower photo, via Wikimedia