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That is a BIG black cherry! Great video as usual. Thanks!

The wood is very rot resistant as well: which makes it valuable : I find small dead cherry saplings in my woods that take years and years to rot

Nice video, that big cherry helped me identify a similar tree in my back yard. Thanks

Great video.

I had no idea they could get that big. They're much smaller here. Hands down my favorite wood for spoon carving.

Fantatisc video for fantastic tree 😁

I've been trying to find these in the wild for some time and I'm so glad I came across this video. This was super helpful! You're super charismatic and knowledgeable, keep it up!

Love this video. Love this tree. I had one of these growing in my backyard in Luzerne county that we let go and get really large. In fact, trying to identify this tree was what got me into botany and tree identification. Those lenticels!

always interesting content.

Your Hair looks fantastic!

I have six in my garden now the birds brought me the first one , they spread easy . The cherries are a little bit bitter if not completely black but i eat them all the time when black .

One of the most distinctive trees here in the East US

Not only is that a tall one, it’s got excellent timber form. So many of what I find here in CT are twisted and contorted, rarely reaching the canopy. I’ve only found one of similar size to the one in this video.

Thank you for sharing valuable and interesting information about trees. You are an excellent presenter!

Local wildlife brought these trees into my yard as there are no large ones near my property. They are growing in the shade of already existing tree canopies, so I'm gonna try to get them growing in a sunnier area.

Good info. I have quite a few on my homestead. Mine are big like the one in the video but I have not seen flowers in several years that I have been here.

@supramby

7 күн бұрын

Same and i don’t know why

I live in Luzerne and I have a huge one in my yard. It's easily over 45feet tall. I've avoided harvesting as I've had difficulty identifying till now.

I trimmed out my house in red oak and black cherry. I prefer the cherry, by far, over the oak. The workability is amazing. You do need to use a sanding sealer before staining it, but it is an amazing wood. I would have done the entire house with it, but it was too expensive. I have one on my 7 acres in South Carolina. It's a little over a foot in diameter; but it's over 80 feet tall. There are no others around it, which seems odd; but it's in a flood plain.

Good Fall color too

I love your channel, I found an oak tree yesterday that I would love to know how old it is can you do a video on aging trees?

@forestsforthebay4784

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I know this is not a very satisfying answer, but it is almost impossible to know a tree's age without counting rings. Their size is a factor of soil, light, genetics, and happenstance, none of which we can reliably determine by looking at the tree. The best we can ever really do is say "wow this one's probably pretty old", based somewhat on tree size and more importantly bark characteristics. This black cherry for instance looks quite old based on the bark, which looks like a more extreme version of what you'd see on younger trees.

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Can you do one on the black walnut?

@forestsforthebay4784

Жыл бұрын

We'll definitely get to it eventually! I'm saving it (and anything with compound leaves) for summer so we see leaf structure.

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Is it self-pollinating or does it need another cherry tree as a pollinator?

I bought a black cherry tree on-line and excitedly planted it in my yard, but then realized the top of it was cut off. Can it still grow tall, even if the center stalk is cut off at about 4 feet tall?

@forestsforthebay4784

3 ай бұрын

It's hard to say for sure but the tree may be able to grow tall if you pick one stem to be the "leader" and gradually prune the others away over the next few winters (I only recommend pruning during the winter, and never more than 1/3 of the tree at a time). Hope that helps!

A question I hope you can help me with. Last fall I came across a cherry tree covered inwhat I can only describe as a gelatinous ooze. And I mean covered, all over the bark dripping down into puddles on the forest floor. It was an even enough coat that it must have been coming out of the bark. I can’t stress enough the sheer volume. The tree had been damage? There were some other cherry’s near by with the same gelatin but not to the same extent. Any ideas what this phenomenon is?

@forestsforthebay4784

Жыл бұрын

I can try! Look up gummosis. It's a response to trauma or stress.

@zkindinger

Жыл бұрын

Can that be generalized? It was a very large cherry with the entirety of the trunk covered.

@forestsforthebay4784

Жыл бұрын

@@zkindinger I'm not sure! I've never seen anything like that

@thecurrentmoment

10 ай бұрын

Also have a look at slime molds. Seems very unlikely it would cover the trunk, bit sometimes they move as a mass all over the place

Kind of sad that they are harvested for furniture instead of providing shelter and food for the wildlife. Very informative. You can add the threat to these trees as well please