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§1 Plant
Prunus pumila L.
vernacular sandcherry — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- 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
· 404 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 125 min.
- Precipitation
- 15–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.9–7
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 2,920
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 404 counties across 24 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Arthur 31005
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Dundy 31057
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- Madison 31119
- McPherson 31117
- Merrick 31121
- Pierce 31139
- Platte 31141
- Polk 31143
- Rock 31149
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Stanton 31167
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Wheeler 31183
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Dakota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Billings 38007
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Cass 38017
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Hettinger 38041
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Columbia 42037
- Dauphin 42043
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
South Dakota view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bennett 46007
- Brookings 46011
- Butte 46019
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Davison 46035
- Fall River 46047
- Gregory 46053
- Haakon 46055
- Harding 46063
- Jackson 46071
- Lawrence 46081
- Lyman 46085
- Mellette 46095
- Minnehaha 46099
- Perkins 46105
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Ziebach 46137
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Portage 55097
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRPU3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3021605 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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