American Plum (Exploring Boston's Urban Forest)

American Plum

Prunus americana

Summary ⁹

Distinguishing Features: Bears round, red fruit, and small white flowers

Shape: Up to 15 feet tall, with a bush-like, broad shape
Branching: Alternate
Leaf: Toothed, 2 to 4 inches long, dark green with pale underside
Flower: Small, white, 5 petals
Bark: Brown trunk, becomes scaly with age
Fruit or Seed: Round, up to 1 inch in diameter

Source URL:
http://phillytreemap.org/
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/

Alternative names ¹⁰

American plum, American wild plum, sandhill plum, Osage plum, river plum, sand cherry, thorn plum, wild yellow plum, red plum, August plum, goose plum, hog plum, and sloe

Fuentes y créditos

(c) evening, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por evening
(c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/51061
(c) Matt Lavin, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/4634774856/
(c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10287232
(c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/51137
(c) Ben VanderWeide, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Ben VanderWeide
(c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/51056
(c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/32636
(c) earthwatchtrees, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
(c) USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center & Missouri State Office, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/1391812

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