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§1 Plant

Prunus americana Marshall

vernacular American plum — species · Rosaceae


USDA
PRAM
GBIF
3021106
Rank
species
American plum (Prunus americana)
Platephotograph · Ryan Byrne source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Rosaceae Juss.
Genus
Prunus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,251 counties across 39 states/territories
Legend Native · 1251 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
16–40 in/yr
pH range
5–7
Root depth
24 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
24 ft
Height @ 20 y
24 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Red
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Slight
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
870
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
Yes
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,251 counties across 39 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 30 N
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 36 N
Colorado view state ↗ 15 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 12 N
Georgia view state ↗ 24 N
Illinois view state ↗ 89 N
Indiana view state ↗ 52 N
Iowa view state ↗ 26 N
Kansas view state ↗ 86 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 100 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 31 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N
Michigan view state ↗ 31 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 59 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 16 N
Missouri view state ↗ 59 N
Montana view state ↗ 14 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 53 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 12 N
New York view state ↗ 21 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 23 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 37 N
Ohio view state ↗ 87 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 22 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 59 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 38 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 50 N
Texas view state ↗ 1 N
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N
Virginia view state ↗ 41 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 30 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 47 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PRAM ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3021106 ↗

Record version

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