Index / Search / Prunus angustifolia
§1 Plant
Prunus angustifolia Marshall
vernacular Chickasaw plum — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Prunus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 587 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 165 min.
- Precipitation
- 18–45 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.5
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 12 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 12 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Slight
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 1,030
- 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 587 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lee 05077
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bradford 12007
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Okaloosa 12091
- Pinellas 12103
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
Georgia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Bacon 13005
- Baker 13007
- Banks 13011
- Bartow 13015
- Burke 13033
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Crisp 13081
- Dodge 13091
- Douglas 13097
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Fulton 13121
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Hart 13147
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Monroe 13207
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Randolph 13243
- Richmond 13245
- Screven 13251
- Tattnall 13267
- Taylor 13269
- Walton 13297
Illinois view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bond 17005
- Champaign 17019
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Lawrence 17101
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Mason 17125
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Linn 20107
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Neosho 20133
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Breckinridge 21027
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Owsley 21189
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Bolivar 28011
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Hinds 28049
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Newton 28101
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
- Yalobusha 28161
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Bertie 37015
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Cumberland 47035
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Humphreys 47085
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Maury 47119
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRAN3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3021368 ↗Record version
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