The Black Cherry tree can be found in the northeastern section of the United States. It's also found in the Appalachian Mountains, which are located in Tennessee, West Virginia and Kentucky. These trees grow to sometimes 30.5 meters (100 feet) tall, but most of the time they're around 21.3 meters (70 feet) tall. Imagine trying to pick cherries from one of these trees! This tree has dark green oval-shaped leaves. You can recognize the tree in the spring because of its beautiful flowers.

But how does this tree reproduce? Well, that's for you to figure out! These trees are not only pretty to look at, but they also are tasty, at least the fruit is! Cherry trees drop purplish red cherries in the fall.

This fruit is sometimes used to make delicious drinks. The seed of this plant is kept inside this delicious fruit, inside a thin hollow shaped pit. The cherry tree drops these seeds once every three to four years. Now here's the big question: How do you think the Black Cherry tree disperses its seeds?

By Animals Yes, you are absolutely correct. These seeds are eaten by animals. After they are eaten, the seeds are dropped when the animal goes to the bathroom. But instead of dropping them in the boy's or girl's bathroom, they drop them amid the wilderness.

By Wind Sorry, the cherry seeds may get blown around a little bit, but they are too heavy to really be spread by wind. Cherry seeds are distributed by another means. Hint: cherries are delicious, even for non-humans.

By Water Sorry, if you will recall where these trees grow, we didn't say much about water. Cherries sometimes fall into the water, but most would probably rot before they got very far.