Is a black cherry common in central Indiana?
One of the most abundant volunteer hardwoods in central Indiana — fencerows, the unmowed back third of lots, and the edge of every subdivision woodlot. Flag it for anyone with livestock: wilted black cherry leaves on a storm-broken limb release cyanide and have killed cattle and sheep, so downed cherry must come out of a pasture immediately rather than waiting for the regular cleanup.
Why that matters for tree work
Nobody plants it — birds do. It arrives in fence lines, back corners, and along privacy screens and goes unnoticed until it is 40 ft over the neighbor's garage, and because it is one of the most ice-vulnerable hardwoods growing here, it turns into a quote after almost every ice event.
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