Amur Cherry

About Amur Cherry in Alberta

Amur Cherry is an introduced ornamental cherry valued in Alberta for its glossy coppery to cinnamon-brown bark, white spring flowers, small dark fruit, and strong winter presence. It is a planted landscape tree rather than a native Alberta species. For ARA, its most meaningful records will usually be older ornamental specimens in parks, civic landscapes, cemeteries, campuses, and residential settings, especially where the bark gives the tree four-season heritage value.

Identification: Leaves are alternate, simple, elliptic to oblong-ovate, and finely serrated. They are not the most distinctive feature of the species, but they support identification when paired with the bark, flowers, and fruit.

Alberta range and habitat: Amur Cherry is native to northeastern Asia and is introduced in Canada. No Alberta wild or naturalized distribution is confirmed here.