=Distribution.=--Central Kentucky northwestward to central Iowa and
southwestward to Kansas and east to northwest Tennessee. In Indiana the
specimens at hand show it to be confined to the southwestern part of the
State, although Pepoon[54] reports a single tree found near Dune Park in
Porter County. It is found on sandy roadside cuts, base of sandy wooded
slopes, etc., and is a common tree in Sullivan County for miles on the
wooded bank of the terrace of the Wabash River.
=5. Prunus pennsylvánica= Linnæus filius. Wild Red Cherry. Plate 103.
Small trees with smooth cherry-like bark, somewhat roughened near the
base on old trees; twigs smooth, at least at maturity; leaves oval,
oval-lanceolate, or ovate, sometimes slightly falcate, 4-10 cm. long,
and 1.5-4 cm. wide, rounded or narrowed at the base, long acuminate at
the apex, margins finely serrate with glandular incurved teeth, glossy
and smooth above, generally smooth beneath, sometimes pubescent along
the midrib and veins, petioles generally smooth, rarely pubescent;
flowers appear with the leaves in May in umbels of 3-7, or sometimes
raceme-like but the rachis shorter than the pedicels; calyx glabrous,
the lobes glabrous within and without, entire and glandless; fruit
ripens in August, globose, 6-7 mm. in diameter, red; stone
roundish-oval, surface granular.
=Distribution.=--Newfoundland and New England to the Rocky Mountains,
south to Colorado and eastward through northern Indiana to Pennsylvania
and thence in the mountains to North Carolina. In Indiana it is
definitely known to occur only in Lake, Porter, Laporte, St. Joseph and
Lagrange Counties. It is frequently found on the black oak ridges about
Lake Michigan. All other reports of this species for Indiana should be
looked upon with suspicion. The one by Chipman from Kosciusko County may
be correct. The one by Ridgway[55] for Posey County is undoubtedly an
error. No doubt Phinney's[56] record for Central Eastern Indiana (Jay,
Delaware, Randolph and Wayne Counties) is an error.
The range of the species is to the north of our area, and like a few
others it is found about the Great Lakes south of its general range. In
Ohio it is reported only from Cuyahoga County which borders Lake Erie.
[Illustration: Plate 103.