Is this a Black Cherry ?

[Smokymist]

Been out working every day in my gardens...lots of winter/spring cleanup to do. My friends say to me often, where do you get your energy ? I'm like, my garden GIVES me energy!

Saw this blooming, why have I never noticed it before. Is it a Black Cherry , and if it is, the only use I see when I google it is that it is a wonderful larval host for many species of butterfly.

I'm in East TN.

Thanks !

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

Looks like it. Seems like the differentiating feature between black cherry and chokecherry is black cherry has longer thinner leaves. Vs chokecherry has a rounded leaf.

 

[Smokymist]

We have chokeberries that we bought, but this came up on it's own.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Looks like wild black cherry to me. I see them and have always been told that while eidble, they're very bitter.

 

[Smokymist]

It's kind of a nuisance plant here, but I'm going to let this one grow just for the birds lol

 

[ktrain]

It's kind of a nuisance plant here, but I'm going to let this one grow just for the birds lol

I thought about growing something sacrificial to try to keep them at bay...but nets will have to suffice. lol