Prunus emarginata
It was about five years ago that the birds planted Bitter cherry in our front yard. At that point, I knew to check it out because it was likely a native, but an "expert" told me that there was no way this was a prunus species, so I was unsure of what I had. Then I noticed huge shrubs of it closer to town--it has a weird growth habit where branches shoot off at 90º angles, and I realized that my expert was wrong. In her defense, knowing the range of garden plants and trees that do well here is an entirely different enterprise than knowing the natives. I moved both of the plants out into the prairie and this one, entwined with a Chokecherry, survived, and the other did not...
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