Index / Search / Prunus pumila var. besseyi
§1 Plant
Prunus pumila L. var. besseyi (L.H. Bailey) Gleason
vernacular western sandcherry — variety · 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
· 131 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–24 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.3–7.5
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 2,400
- 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 131 counties across 9 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 15 N ▾
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
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
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
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRPUB ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7514878 ↗Record version
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