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bird cherry

  • White dogwood tree.
    Cherry Blossoms
    LuAnn Johnson
    The cherry tree that A. E. Housman wrote about in this poem is commonly known as bird cherry, which alas does not grow well for us in zone 6. A white tree that is a lovely substitute is the white dogwood.