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§1 Plant

Prunus angustifolia Marshall

vernacular Chickasaw plum — species · Rosaceae


USDA
PRAN3
GBIF
3021368
Rank
species
Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia)
Platephotograph · chasecorrington 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

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 587 counties across 19 states/territories
Legend Native · 587 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
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
Arkansas view state ↗ 55 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 22 N
Georgia view state ↗ 41 N
Illinois view state ↗ 33 N
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N
Kansas view state ↗ 66 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 41 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 44 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 33 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 42 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 31 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 36 N
Virginia view state ↗ 62 N
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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