Some sort of thicket forming fruit?

[finahol]

Just found a thicket of these small trees on my property.


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[finahol]

Sorry, didn’t add text after photos. Mid Mi zone 5a. Havent seen the trees in flower yet but they are about 8’ tall. No thorns. Near an old apple orchard area next to a roadside. Just never noticed them until now. Fruits are about olive sized. Possibly some sort of cherry or plum??


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[Mennoniteman]

Some kind of crabapples.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Nobody else have a better ID?

 

[finahol]

Crabapple is a definite possibility. I will keep an eye on them to see what they develop into. There appear to be a bunch of seedlings in the general area. I may try to dig a few this fall and put them in a more suitable spot and watch development.They aren't heavy bearers may be much too crowded. Some browsing, but not heavy.Thanks for your reply Mennoniteman.

 

[Gravel Road]

Looks like it could be black cherry.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Gravel road, I think you might be correct. The leaves look like black cherry but the fruit looks odd shaped. This is a typical black cherry tree.

 

[Gravel Road]

Wow, that tree is loaded. Some bark pictures might help, although young black cherry is a little hard to describe. If I get up to my farm i'll try to take some pics of young black cherry for comparison.

 

[sagittarius]

That first pic looks exactly like the wild american plum thickets around my foodplots, originally planted 14 years ago.

 

[j-bird]

My initial reaction was "plum"....but I am not real familiar with them....so I could easily be wrong. I don't think it's a black cherry - they tend to not grow in a ticket and the fruit is different. The fruit in the OP is elongated and singular, while black cherry isn't like that. The fruit in the op reminds more of what they call a drupe or stone fruit type shape (which a plum is) and plum are thicket forming as well.

Let the fruit develop and post. Keep an eye on it though as critters will quickly react to them when they are ripe!

 

[Gravel Road]

Here's a few pics of my plum thicket. The leaves are pretty rough and have mildly serrated edges. Looking like it's not plum or black cherry I don't have anything like it with that fruit shape.

 

[finahol]

I will dissect a fruit this weekend and determine if it seems to be a stone fruit or multiple seeds like an apple or pear. (Pome??). Thanks all!


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[momark]

In the second pic especially, it looks like it has opposite leaves so it could be one of the viburnums(blackhaw , nannyberry, etc.) See if it checks out.

 

[Native Hunter]

Nannybery Viburnum. I found you a link below so that you can see the leaves and fruit while they are still green.

https://joshfecteau.com/foraging-wild-fruit-nannyberry/

 

[Mennoniteman]

Nannybery Viburnum. I found you a link below so that you can see the leaves and fruit while they are still green.

https://joshfecteau.com/foraging-wild-fruit-nannyberry/

Thanks, Native. I was expectantly waiting for the official prognostication. An interesting education, as usual. My goal is to learn something new each day, and today's was still unfulfilled, until now.

 

[Native Hunter]

Thanks, Native. I was expectantly waiting for the official prognostication. An interesting education, as usual. My goal is to learn something new each day, and today's was still unfulfilled, until now.

Here is a tip for future reference: Another very similar shrub is Blackhaw Viburnum, and the two are hard to tell apart. The leaf tips of Nannyberry are more narrow and tapering. I could see just a couple of leaves in both pictures that showed the long tapering leaves. There is also a slight difference in the serrated leaves. Both have fine serration, but Blackhaw is so fine it can hardly be seen from a distance.

 

[Zeek]

I HAVE SOME OF THESE!! I can't believe I have something besides evil invasives growing on my property. Thanks for the info.