Perhaps the premier cabinetry timber of the u s traded as cherry.
American cherry wood wikipedia.
High quality cherry timber is known for its strong orange hues and high price.
Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species such as the sweet prunus avium and the sour prunus cerasus the name cherry also refers to the cherry tree and its wood and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus prunus as in.
The wood of prunus serotina is also used as a spice in foods as it imparts a unique flavor.
The wood is a surviving fragment of a much larger wood shown on an 1837 map as great wood and it is now surrounded by suburban housing.
Prunus serotina timber is valuable.
Low quality wood as well as the sap wood can be more tan.
Its sap called animé is used for incense perfume and varnish.