Song of the Woods
  • Index of Plants
  • Edible Plants & Medicinal Plants Blog
  • About SOTW
    • Meet Your Creator: The Coolest Observations I’ve Had
    • About Song of the Woods
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
    • Terms of Use
  • Subscribe

Found in mature woods

Black Cherry – Prunus Serotina: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Cherry Cough Drop of Wild Plants

March 13, 2020 by Rachel of the Woods 3 Comments
Black Cherry – Prunus Serotina

Black cherry (Prunus serotina) while perhaps the least palatable of our cherries is still a bouncin’ edible and medicinal tree. I absolutely love making stuff with it too! The scent of the sawdust – yum! Black cherry is also called rum cherry because settlers blended the fruit with rum or brandy and called the drink … [Read more…]

Posted in: Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tagged: Alterative, Antispasmodic, Astringent, Bees, Black bears, Butterflies, Cedar waxwings, Chipmunks, Digestive, Edible parts, Expectorant, Found in mature woods, Found in old fields and farmlands, Found in roadsides, Found in sand flats, Full sun, Integumentary, Medicinal parts, Mice, Moist soil, Native to Ontario, Partial shade, Pectoral, Raccoons, Red foxes, Respiratory, Rosaceae/Rose family, Scarlet tanagers, Squirrels, Thrushes, Vireos, Well drained soil, White flowers, White-tailed deer

Search (220+ edible & medicinal plants!)

Top Post

Meet Your Creator: The Coolest Observations I’ve Had in Nature!

Socials

  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Latest Comments

  1. Bonnie Dalzell on Wild Lettuces – Lactuca SPP.: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Opium of Wild PlantsMay 31, 2025

    I am in Maryland in a rural area. Around 10 years ago I found a weird tall plant growing as…

  2. Eva Zdrava on False Bindweeds – Calystegia SPP.: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Morning Glories of Wild PlantsMay 5, 2025

    I just read yesterday about Calystegia silvatica, That neither part of the plant extract showed any cytotoxicity to the normal…

  3. Margo Thompson on Quaking Aspen – Populus Tremuloides: Edible & Medicinal Uses of a Popple’r Wild PlantMay 4, 2025

    I can't believe I've lived with the trees all of these years and didn't know this!

  4. Teresa on Serviceberry – Amelanchier SPP.: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Early Bloomer of Wild PlantsFebruary 24, 2025

    In my part of the world they are called saskatoons and we eat them raw by the handful, even gorging…

  5. Gary Nichols on Reed Grass – Phragmites SPP.: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Roasted Marshmallow of Wild PlantsSeptember 7, 2024

    Hi, have you successfully made flour from the seeds of Phragmites?

Copyright © 2025 Song of the Woods.

Mobile WordPress Theme by themehall.com