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Prunus nigra

Prunus nigra

About

Prunus nigra, the Canada plum, Canadian plum or black plum, is a species of Prunus, native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south as far as Connecticut, Illinois, and Iowa. It formerly also grew in Ohio but is now thought to be extinct in that state. Isolated populations are present along streambanks in Saskatchewan and Alberta, along Lake Timiskaming in northern Ontario, and along the Maine-New Brunswick border,...

Family
Rosaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Prunus nigra
Slug
prunus-nigra
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Species
nigra
Wikidata QID
Q2724971
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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