Plant
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 ...
Oct
29
1804
Clark: October 29, 1804
...rat-toe-no mook-gu
(man wolf Chief) (at war) Cal-tar co ta(Cherry grows on a bush) old
Chief and father to the above mentd. Chief Maw-pah'-pir-re-cos-sa tooThis
ch...
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 — Joseph Whitehouse: June 15, 1805
...went a Short distance up this
Stream & killed 2 Deer. choak cherrys, Goose berrys and
yallow currents abound on the banks of the Streams in this
country. the afternoo...
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 ...