ROSACEAE - - Rose Family

Prunus americana Marshall — American Wild Plum

American Wild Plum (Prunus americana) - Tree becoming 10 m. tall, the young twigs chestnut-brown; leaf-blades oval or elliptic-oval to narrowly obovate, 6—10 cm. long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent beneath (densely pubescent in var. lanata), rather gradually narrowed at the base; flowers 3 or 4 together in nearly sessile umbels; sepals lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, usually obscurely glandular on the margins, toothed near the apex, glabrous or inconspicuously pubescent without; petals mostly 8—10 mm. long, sometimes slightly ciliate near the base; drupe subglobose, 2—2.5 cm. in diameter, or less, reddish-orange to red, often with bloom; stone oval, 13.5—16 mm. long. Fruit ripe late summer or fall.

Habitat:

Upland forests, bottomland forests, fencerows, usually in mesic situations.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Prunus americana (American Wild Plum)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Prunus americana (American Wild Plum)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.