9. Flowering Cherry – Prunus sp. (there is a stand of these just south of the Japanese garden)

leaves are simple, alternate, usually lanceolate, unlobed, and often with nectaries on the leaf stalk. The flowers are usually white to pink, sometimes red, with five petals and five sepals. There are numerous stamens. Shrubs or trees with smooth bark marked by lines (lenticels running around the stem; fruit fleshy, usually blue to black enclosing a pit or stone.