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Often considered a weed tree in eastern North America, this species is a major wildlife and songbird food source. It has an extremely rough, broken-looking bark on the main trunk of the tree, but the branches can appear as if they were wrapped in thin sheets of gray-gold paper. Small green and white spotting is common on the very young branch bark. This is a pioneer species, found along old fence lines and hedgerows and in abandoned fields. When possible, choose three- to four-year-old sapling trunks over larger branches to obtain strong, straight staffs.

Black cherry, also called rum cherry or mountain cherry, is used in jams, jellies, and wine, giving a sharper taste than cultivar cherries.