{"id":15,"date":"2026-10-06T01:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:13:17","slug":"black-cherry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/black-cherry\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Cherry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of 15 trees in the PBIO Tree Hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prunus serotina \u2014 \u2600\ufe0f Black cherry loves an opening. This fast-growing, bird-dispersed tree can capitalize on forest disturbance, but its seedlings struggle when deep shade takes over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where it grows: look for it in the natural woods around campus \u2014 The Ridges, Baker Preserve, and Strouds Run \u2014 typically along forest edges and in sunny gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claim your find: snap a photo with your magnet and post it publicly. Tag us \u2014 @PBIO_OhioU on X or Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University on LinkedIn \u2014 and add #PBIOTreeHunt. The magnet is yours to keep! Brought to you by OHIO Environmental and Plant Biology \u2014 https:\/\/www.ohio.edu\/cas\/plant-biology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of 15 trees in the PBIO Tree Hunt. Prunus serotina \u2014 \u2600\ufe0f Black cherry loves an opening. This fast-growing, bird-dispersed tree can capitalize on forest disturbance, but its seedlings struggle when deep shade takes over. Where it grows: look for it in the natural woods around campus \u2014 The Ridges, Baker Preserve, and Strouds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}