Prunus sargentii

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For cherry blossoms and their cultural significance to the Japanese, see sakura.
Prunus sargentii
Sargent's Cherry (Prunus sargentii)
Sargent's Cherry (Prunus sargentii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Prunoideae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Cerasus
Species: P. sargentii
Binomial name
Prunus sargentii
Rehder


Prunus sargentii; Sargent's cherry, in Japan known as Ezo mountain cherry (エゾヤマザクラ ezo-yama-zakura?) and big mountain cherry (オオヤマザクラ Ō-yama-zakura?) is a species of cherry native to Japan, Korea, and Sakhalin (Russia). [1]

The tree was named for Charles Sprague Sargent [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Common Trees of Hokkaido, pg 104
  2. ^ Royal Horticultural Society, What's On, Harlow Carr, October 2007, last access 31 May 2008.