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§1 Plant
Prunus caroliniana Aiton
vernacular Carolina laurelcherry — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Prunus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 183 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 183 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Brooks 13027
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Crisp 13081
- Decatur 13087
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Mitchell 13205
- Newton 13217
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Richmond 13245
- Seminole 13253
- Spalding 13255
- Sumter 13261
- Tattnall 13267
- Thomas 13275
Louisiana view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRCA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3023558 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T09:28:40Z