What kind of berries/tree is this

[45ak1911]

This tree is hanging full of this berries, anybody know what kind of tree it may be. Its a big tree about as high as a power pole. Click on picture

 

[hikingthehills]

Thats a wild black cherry tree.

 

[jeep78]

Thats a wild cherry tree.

If so, be careful if you cut it down. As the leaves dry, they concentrate poison in them and can kill cows and horse.

 

[hikingthehills]

If so, be careful if you cut it down. As the leaves dry, they concentrate poison in them and can kill cows and horse.

Correct, the chemical breaks down into cyanide. If you don't eat it you should be fine.

 

[GeauxLSU]

Juneberry.

 

[hikingthehills]

Here’s a close up of a wild cherry tree on my job. If the berries looked like this it’s cherry. If it looked like blue berry’s it’s a juneberrie.

 

[GeauxLSU]

Here’s a close up of a wild cherry tree on my job. If the berries looked like this it’s cherry. If it looked like blue berry’s it’s a juneberrie. View attachment 3303802View attachment 3303803

How big are those? There's a tree I'm trying to remember the name of that I think is OP's tree but the berries are very small. About the size of a sweet pea. Probably smaller. No where near the size of a cherry. If I remember right, sometimes the berries ferment while still hanging and birds can become intoxicated eating them. But I know that happens with a variety of berry/fruit bearing trees.

 

[hikingthehills]

How big are those? There's a tree I'm trying to remember the name of that I think is OP's tree but the berries are very small. About the size of a sweet pea. Probably smaller. No where near the size of a cherry. If I remember right, sometimes the berries ferment while still hanging and birds can become intoxicated eating them. But I know that happens with a variety of berry/fruit bearing trees.

Yeah they’re about the size of a pea. I’ve heard you can eat the cherry but have to spit out the seed on the inside due to the cyanide. After knowing that I’ve never tasted one!

 

[hammerwrought]

Wild cherry. One way to check if you see one without leaves or berries is to scratch the bark off a stem. It will smell of almond extract or cyanide.

 

[clockerman]

It looks like a choke cherry tree to me. We had a few in our backyard at a previous house.