Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Prunus maritima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus maritima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunus maritima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Prunus maritima
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus maritima var. gravesii
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus maritima var. maritima
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunus gravesii
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunus maritima
COMMON NAME:
Beach Plum
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_prma2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Prunus maritima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus maritima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunus maritima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Prunus maritima
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus maritima var. gravesii
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus maritima var. maritima
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunus gravesii
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunus maritima
4916
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Ocean dunes and sandy coastal soils (from e. MD northward), disturbed dune-like area on shore of Chesapeake Bay (in e. VA), per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Inflorescences of 2-4 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Usually purplish-black
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p144
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p252
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