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PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA [1 record]

Record 1 2016-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A tree of the family Rosaceae.

OBS

pin cherry: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

OBS

bird cherry: common name also used when referring to the species Prunus avium.

Key term(s)
  • bird-cherry
  • fire-cherry
  • pin-cherry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Arbre de la famille des Rosaceae.

OBS

cerisier de Pennsylvanie : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

OBS

merisier : nom vernaculaire utilisé aussi pour désigner d'autres espèces qui appartiennent aux genres Prunus et Betula.

Spanish

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