Alaskans have a love-hate relationship with mayday trees. The mayday tree (Prunus padus), aka European bird cherry, and its cousin the chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) have historically been popular ...

Editor’s note: Once a month OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Those looking for a spring-flowering native shrub that ...

The USDA Forest Service and the Alaska Division of Forestry are offering grants up to $25,000 to local governments and nonprofit organizations to remove two types of invasive chokecherry trees from ...

Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana, is a small shrub or tree found near Montana’s rivers and streams. It is one of our most important edible native plants.

Enterprising pickers use fruit for syrup, wine and jelly. The scientific name for chokecherry is Prunus virginiana. Prunus tells us that chokecherry is related to fruit-bearing trees such as plums, ...