Montana Wild Cherry Photos

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Wild Cherries Of

Northern Montana

Fruits Of The Rose Family
Cherries Of Flathead Lake

East Side Of Flathead Lake, Montana

A. Western choke cherry (Prunus virginiana). B. Bitter cherry (P. emarginata).  The teeth along leaf margins of bitter cherry are rounded, unlike the sharp-pointed teeth of choke cherry.

Two western cherry fruit flies (Rhagoletis indifferens) caught on a sticky trap hanging from branch of a wild bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata). This fly also attacks fruit of the cultivated sweet cherry.

Western choke cherry (Prunus virginiana) near Bigfork, Montana.

A fungus stem gall or "poop gall" on the western choke cherry (Prunus virginiana) near Bigfork, Montana. The swollen stems are caused by the fungus Dibotryon morbosum.

To Be Or Not To Be A Gall

Near Superior, Montana

Western choke cherry (Prunus virginiana) near Superior, Montana.

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