The Chokecherry leaves alternate on the form in an egg shape to a point at the tip. Leaf edges are lined with teeth very finely and point outward away from the leaf. The leaves are usually 2-5 inches long and 1-2 inches wide. The Chokecherry can be found near roadsides from the seeds being dispersed by birds and other small animals that feed on the small berries.
This Chokecherry was along the dense colonies tree lining with the other dense trees. I did not see any other Chokecherries when I was walking through the park so I’m not sure if the wetlands is somewhere that you would normally find it or not.
“Chokecherry is used extensively in shelterbelts, windbreaks, wildlifehabitat and mass plantings for erosion control.” Because of the trees ability to form thickets, it is used as a source of erosion control.
-https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIALS/publications/kspmcpg5596.pdf
I really liked this tree and I liked how nice it smelt. I personally think that they smell nicer than dogwood trees, which smell like fish, but I don’t think they were prettier. I had to go through a lot of pictures of trees with small white flowers and I wasn’t even sure if the tree I saw truly existed or if I had dreamed it, because of how hard it was to find another tree that looked like it.
Ohio Plants, EEOB 2210