Species profile
Choke Shubert Cherry
Prunus virginiana Shubert
1,297 on Toronto's streets — 0.19% of the city's catalogued canopy.
🌸 Blooms May 10 – May 25: white racemes, mildly fragrant
Prunus virginiana, commonly called bitter-berry, chokecherry, Virginia bird cherry, and western chokecherry, is a species of bird cherry native to North America.
Where they cluster
| Neighbourhood | Trees |
|---|---|
| Downsview | 85 |
| Banbury-Don Mills | 59 |
| Hillcrest Village | 58 |
| Don Valley Village | 55 |
| Yorkdale-Glen Park | 54 |
| Clanton Park | 52 |
| St.Andrew-Windfields | 46 |
| Glenfield-Jane Heights | 45 |
Notable specimens
- 150 cm DBH at 54 SOUTHWELL DR · view →
- 140 cm DBH at 24 NORTHEY DR · view →
- 122 cm DBH at 31 FIFESHIRE RD · view →
- 101 cm DBH at 70 BERKINSHAW CRES · view →
- 100 cm DBH at 142 ABBEYWOOD TRL · view →
- 100 cm DBH at 111 HARRISON RD · view →
- 95 cm DBH at 26 BATHFORD CRES · view →
- 89 cm DBH at 70 FOREST HEIGHTS BLVD · view →