American plum
Prunus americana
Summary 2
Prunus americana, commonly called the American plum, wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of Prunus native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida.
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More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- OregonFlora.org
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
iNat Map
| Form | tree |
|---|---|
| Fruit type | Drupe |
| Fruit color | Red |
| Fruit season | Summer |
| Leaf arrangement | Alternate |
| Simple/compound | Simple |
| Evergreen or deciduous | Deciduous |
| Leaf shape | Elliptic, Ovate |
| Leaf margin | Serrated |
| Leaf texture | Paler below |
| Bark color | Gray, Red |
| Bark texture | Exfoliating, Lenticels, Ridged, Rough, Smooth |
| Flower color | white |
| Bloom time | Spring |
