Wildlife
Pin cherry
Prunus pensylvanica
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Habitat
Williston, ND
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1806-08-10
Last specimen described in detail by Lewis. A gunshot soon after made it impossible to sit and write at length.
Journal References
15 journal entries mention Pin cherry
Jul
15
1804
Missouri River near Platte River mouth — John Ordway: July 15, 1804
...d on found Some cherries near
a handsome Spring River named cherry Run2 at which we drank
at the forks then followed it or one branch to the head which came
out of a ...
Jul
19
1804
Missouri River near Platte River mouth — Joseph Whitehouse: July 19, 1804
...Shore at
Butter run, the men pull? a Great Quantity of wild Cherrys
put them in the Barrel of whisky. Roe’ 12 Miles Camp‘ on
an Island neer the River Call‘ the ...
Oct
5
1804
Missouri River near Cheyenne River — John Ordway: October 5, 1804
... Dewey
County. On the M. R. C. map it is shown as "Stone or Cherry Creek."
3 On this island was an abandoned Ankara village called Lahoocat. It
is Dolphees Island on ...
Feb
25
1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: February 25, 1805
...uffaloe. There is a quantity of gdosé=.
_. berry and choak-cherry bi ishes on n the point, and also Oh ee
eS iting rabbit berries. ee
Monilay Oih. We hauled ¢ our l...
Apr
26
1805
Lewis: April 26, 1805
...h the addition of the broad leafed willow, Goosbury, choke
cherry, purple currant; and honeysuckle bushis; the open bottoms border on
the hills, and are covered in ...
May
12
1805
Lewis: May 12, 1805
... the face of the hills and in the little ravines. the choke cherry also
grows here in the hollows and at the heads of the gullies; the choke
Cherry has been in blum...
Jun
5
1805
Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 5, 1805
...f a kind of cotton wood which has a leaf
like the leaf of a cherry, we [they] Saw wild tanzey in these bot-
toms, nothing groes in the high plains but Short grass and...
Jun
9
1805
Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 9, 1805
...t fat buffaloe. There is a quantity of gooseberry
and choak-cherry bushes on the point, and also some rabbit
berries.
Jun
13
1805
John Ordway: June 13, 1805
...ll
bottoms of cotton timber. Saw abundance of wild or choke cherry,
the Goose berrys are now ripe & abound in the River bottoms.
1 On the M. R. C. map, 2,263 miles.
2...
Jun
15
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 15, 1805
...Short
distance up the branch & killed 2 Deer, wild or choke cherrys
Goose berrys & yallow currents abound in these bottoms, the
afternoon verry warm we proceeded on p...
Jun
15
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 15, 1805
...e is a great quantity of straw-
berry, gooseberry and choak-cherry bushes ; and there appears
to be a good deal of small cotton-wood on the banks of this
creek. In th...
Jun
25
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 25, 1805
... to day 2 or
3 Islands covered with cotton timber and choke cherrys.
abundance of cherry yallow currents and box elder timber
along the Shores. passed a village of be...
Jun
25
1805
Great Falls Portage — John Ordway: June 25, 1805
...d but a fiew
flowers in the plains. Great quanties of choke cherryes Goose
berrys red & yallow berry, & red purple currents on the Edges of
the water, we catch great ...
Aug
1
1805
Jefferson River ascending toward divide — Joseph Whitehouse: August 1, 1805
...ndians &c. we proceeded on. find currents as usal
and choak cherrys along the River. the current Swift the
hills higher and more pine and ceeder timber on them. we
pa...
Aug
13
1805
Lewis: August 13, 1805
...ow
leafed cottonwood and willow, also the red willow Choke Cherry service
berry and a few currant bushes such as were common on the Missouri. these
people had been...