Mexican Plum
Prunus mexicana
Summary 5
Prunus mexicana, commonly known as the Mexican plum, is a North American species of plum tree that can be found in the central United States and Northern Mexico. Its native range stretches from Coahuila and San Luis Potosí north as far as Wisconsin and South Dakota, east to Georgia, Kentucky, and Ohio. Mexican Plum is widely cultivated, such as on the west coast of the United States.
National distribution 6
United States
Origin: Unknown/UndeterminedRegularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Sources and Credits
- (c) amy_buthod, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/akbuthod/1349963713/
- Jim Conrad, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prunus_mexicana-fruits-leaves.jpg
- Masebrock, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prunus_mexicana.jpg
- Elbert L. Little, Jr., of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prunus_mexicana_range_map_3.png
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_mexicana
- (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28987312
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
