Index / Search / Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
§1 Plant
Prunus virginiana L. var. melanocarpa (A. Nelson) Sarg.
vernacular black chokecherry — variety · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Prunus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 290 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 290 counties across 13 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Denver 08031
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Elbert 08039
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Hinsdale 08053
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Pitkin 08097
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Boundary 16021
- Butte 16023
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Idaho 16049
- Latah 16057
- Lincoln 16063
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Columbia 41009
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Gilliam 41021
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Malheur 41045
- Morrow 41049
- Multnomah 41051
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
- Yamhill 41071
South Dakota view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Beadle 46005
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Butte 46019
- Campbell 46021
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clark 46025
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Deuel 46039
- Dewey 46041
- Douglas 46043
- Fall River 46047
- Grant 46051
- Gregory 46053
- Haakon 46055
- Hamlin 46057
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Jackson 46071
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Potter 46107
- Roberts 46109
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
- Ziebach 46137
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Albany 56001
- Big Horn 56003
- Campbell 56005
- Carbon 56007
- Converse 56009
- Crook 56011
- Fremont 56013
- Goshen 56015
- Hot Springs 56017
- Johnson 56019
- Laramie 56021
- Lincoln 56023
- Natrona 56025
- Niobrara 56027
- Park 56029
- Platte 56031
- Sheridan 56033
- Sublette 56035
- Sweetwater 56037
- Teton 56039
- Uinta 56041
- Washakie 56043
- Weston 56045
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRVIM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8188524 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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