Pin Cherry

Prunus pensylvanica L. f. - Rose family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 50.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

Features

Flower Color: White

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Pin Cherry: Acleris flavivittana, Acleris nivisellana, Acronicta clarescens, Acronicta dactylina, Acronicta fragilis, Acronicta furcifera, Acronicta grisea, Acronicta hasta, Acronicta impressa, Acronicta innotata, Acronicta interrupta, Acronicta quadrata, Acronicta radcliffei, Acronicta superans, Amorbia humerosana, Anavitrinella pampinaria, Ancylis nubeculana, Ancylis tineana, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Apatelodes torrefacta, Archips argyrospila-complex, Archips cerasivorana, Archips purpurana, Argyresthia freyella, Argyresthia oreasella, Argyrotaenia quadrifasciana, Argyrotaenia tabulana, Argyrotaenia velutinana, Automeris io, Automeris io io, Biston betularia cognataria, Bucculatrix copeuta, Callophrys henrici, Callosamia promethea, Caloptilia invariabilis, Catocala ultronia, Cerma cora, Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria, Choristoneura conflictana, Choristoneura rosaceana, Coleophora pruniella, Crocigrapha normani, Dasychira plagiata, Datana ministra, Epinotia lomonana, Epinotia rectiplicana, Erannis tiliaria, Euchlaena johnsonaria, Eueretagrotis perattentus, Eupackardia calleta, Eupithecia columbiata, Eupithecia ravocostaliata, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Eurois astricta, Grapholita prunivora, Haploa lecontei, Hesperumia sulphuraria, Heterocampa biundata, Heterocampa guttivitta, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyalophora columbia columbia, Hydria prunivorata, Hypagyrtis unipunctata, Hyphantria cunae, Iridopsis emasculata, Lacinipolia cuneata, Lacinipolia lorea, Limenitis arthemis, Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata, Lithophane amanda, Lithophane fagina, Lithophane georgii, Lithophane unimoda, Lomographa glomeraria, Lomographa semiclarata, Lomographa vestaliata, Lymantria dispar, Macaria exauspicata, Machimia tetoriferella, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma californica lutescens, Malacosoma californica pluvialis, Malacosoma disstria, Metarranthis obfirmaria, Nemoria bistriaria, Orgyia antiqua, Orgyia leucostigma, Orthosia hibisci, Orthosia praeses, Orthosia revicta, Paleacrita vernata, Palthis angulalis, Paonias myops myops, Papestra cristifera, Papilio glaucus canadensis, Papilio glaucus glaucus, Pero morrisonaria, Phyllodesma americana, Phyllonorycter crataegella, Probole amicaria, Satyrium liparops, Satyrium liparops strigosum, Schizura concinna, Schizura ipomoeae, Sparganothis directana, Sphinx chersis, Sphinx drupiferarum, Spilonota ocellana, Spilosoma virginica, Synanthedon pictipes, Xestia normanianus, Ypsolopha falciferella

Native Range

  • CAN:  Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan
  • USA:  Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.