is this a buckthorn or wild cherry

[jerrycmorrow]

hey yall. got a couple of questions.

1. this tree - dbh ~ 12" - is growing next to an old pond. i can't tell if its a buckthorn or a wild cherry or some other species.
2. fruit sure looks good but i'm wondering why its developing so late in the year. we had a pretty dry summer, that it?

what say yall?

 

[Ash_403]

How many seeds/pits to a fruit? I believe cherries nearly always have one. Buckthorn 2 to 10 (from what I found doing a little searching online).

 

[blades]

leaves do not match my buck thorn, nor the fruit . Fruit on mine are about 1/4" blue/purple items. So I am guessing what you have is a wild cherry of some type.

 

[damato333]

It looks likes a cherry just by the leaves and fruit. Are there horizontal lines on the younger limbs?

 

[jerrycmorrow]

It looks likes a cherry just by the leaves and fruit. Are there horizontal lines on the younger limbs?

Yes

 

[PJM]

Pin cherry, aka fire cherry. Seems awfully late for the fruit.

 

[jerrycmorrow]

Pin cherry, aka fire cherry. Seems awfully late for the fruit.

that's what i thought. why i was questioning it.