If you’ve ever had Black Cherry ice cream, you’ve tasted the fruit of this tree. However, its leaves, twigs, and bark produce compounds that can be converted into cyanide. Many cases of livestock poisoning arise after animals eat wilted Black Cherry leaves, which have a higher concentration of cyanogenic glycoside than fresh leaves. However, deer graze from the seedlings without harm, and Black Cherry fruits provide an important food sources for birds, foxes, bears, rabbits, and many other mammals.