ROSACEAE - - Rose Family

Prunus caroliniana (P. Miller) Aiton — Carolina Laurel Cherry

Carolina Laurel Cherry (Prunus caroliniana) - Shrub or small tree; leaves evergreen, copiously impregnated with prussic acid; leaf-blades narrowly elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate; flowers in axillary racemes, densely flowered, white, hypanthium white; sepals minute; petals saliently angled; drupe a dry exocarp, 10—13 mm. long; stone ovoid.

Habitat:

Maritime forests and sandy hammocks in the Coastal Plain, escaped from cultivation to fencerows and suburban forests and thickets in more inland areas.

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

The range of Prunus caroliniana (Carolina Laurel Cherry)

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 caroliniana (Carolina Laurel Cherry)

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/.