§1 Plant
Prunus nigra Aiton
vernacular Canadian plum — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- 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
· 125 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 24 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 128 min.
- Precipitation
- 15–43 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.5–8.5
- Root depth
- 36 in min.
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 9 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Orange
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 4,875
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 125 counties across 11 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Baraga 26013
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gladwin 26051
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Montmorency 26119
- Ottawa 26139
- Saginaw 26145
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Beltrami 27007
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Marshall 27089
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Otter Tail 27111
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Washington 27163
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRNI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3021170 ↗Record version
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