A group of Williston students made history Monday when their yearlong efforts on behalf of the chokecherry came to a fruitful end. On a 92-1 vote, the North Dakota House agreed to make the chokecherry ...

Chokecherries, North Dakota's new state fruit, are under attack from an ugly black lump. The black knot fungus is "the scourge of chokecherries. It's really bad," said Ron Smith, North Dakota State ...

Alaskans have a love-hate relationship with mayday trees. The mayday tree (Prunus padus), aka European bird cherry, and its cousin the chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) have historically been popular ...

A child of the Great Plains can pack summer in his cheek, spit the pits and grin with purple teeth. It's boy against robin, true, but chokecherries filched from the neighbor's yard, or from trees down ...

On Monday, another step was taken in the long process of weeding out popular but invasive chokecherry trees on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ Campus. Seven chokecherry trees (Prunus ...

Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana, is a small shrub or tree found near Montana’s rivers and streams. It is one of our most important edible native plants. The scientific name for the genus, Prunus, ...