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 ...

August 8, 2023 ID That Tree: Chokecherry Purdue Extension Forestry & Natural Resources Strengthening lives and livelihoods. August 8, ... ID That Tree: Wild Hydrangea Posted: July 15, 2025 in Forestry ...

Dangling in front of us were the bright red and black fruits of chokecherry trees. To me, as a forager, this was very exciting - it looks like there will be a bumper crop this year. My friends ...

Nothing Says Homemade Goodness Quite Like It! Hey there, Jason Griffith here! There’s a certain magic to foraging for wild fruits and transforming them into something truly special in your kitchen.

Q: My mom and I used to pick wild chokecherries to make chokecherry jelly and syrup. When is the best time to harvest wild chokecherries? Can wild chokecherries be purchased for growing? We used ...

Measurements of chokecherry trees at Valley of the Moon Park showed some as old as 30 or 35 years, ... Wild orcas have been trying to feed people, new research shows. 3.

Nearby we had chokecherry, blueberry, saskatoon, cranberry, and wild plum trees to plunder. Chokecherries evoke late-summer memories – Our Communities January 26, 2025 ...

Chokecherry trees can be found at 4,900 to 10,000 feet in elevation. In Utah, there are two known varieties that go by the common names western chokecherry and black chokecherry.

Friends and I took a wonderful detour while biking to the beach last weekend. It was one of those first warm but crisp days of late summer. The land had shrugged off the deep, oppressive humidity ...