Occasionally seen alongside roads or in mixed woods at middle elevations, this member of the Rose Family has bright white flowers, borne in small, flat-topped clusters.

Here the red bark, marked with lenticels, of a clonal group is an indicator of the presence of Bitter Cherry. The branches are erect, and the trees may reach 60 feet in height although are often considerably smaller.

The leaves are toothed and clustered on the branches. This species might be confused with the domestic cherry, which has large, coarsely-toothed leaves and broader flowers.

This group of trees is thriving on an open roadside slope, the site of a large slide in the early 21st century.