Plant Description:

• Widespread, prairie shrub growing up to 6 m tall
• Leaves are oval and thick
• Many white flowers in clusters
• Occurs in open forests, bluffs and in ravines
• Leaves can be poisonous to cattle if plant is damaged by frost or drought
• All parts, except flesh of fruits, contain hydrocyanic acid. Stones must be removed before eating
• Used to make jams, jellies, syrups, and wine
• Wood does not burn easily
• Found at Stop 1 - on the Interpretive Nature Trail, and Stops 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 11

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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