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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Prunus americana
Phenology Observation Sheet for Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

COMMON NAME

American plum

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Prunus americana

ALSO KNOWN AS

American Marshall plum, Wild plum

Plant family

Rose (Rosaceae)

Plant group

Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

Small deciduous single trunk tree or multi-stemmed shrub. Tree growth up to 25 ft tall. As a shrub it suckers readily and can form large colonies. Five petaled white flowers with an unpleasant scent in spring.
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Identification hints

Wild plums produce edible round plums with yellow pulp about 1" diameter ripen in summer. Toothed oblong ovate leaves are 3-4 in. long turning from yellow to red in fall. The tree displays reddish brown branches and twigs and a short crooked trunk with scaled black bark.
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Attracts birds, pollinators, and mammals. Plums may be used in jams and jellies.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , Colorado , Connecticut , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Iowa , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Montana , North Carolina , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , Ohio , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , South Dakota , Tennessee , Utah , Virginia , Vermont , Wisconsin , West Virginia , Wyoming
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