Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Prunus americana is a shrub or small tree that can form small groves in moist middle elevation creekbeds and riparian areas. The small umbels of flowers bloom in the spring before the plant leafs out. The bark is gray and obviously peeling away in larger trunks. The trunks can be up to 21cm in diameter. The flowers are white and the petals are about one centimeter long. The leaves are serrate and mostly glabrous.
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Prunus americana, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City just above Little Walnut Picnic Ground, April 19, 2009
Prunus americana, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City just above Little Walnut Picnic Ground, April 19, 2009
Prunus americana, 1x field macro of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City just above Little Walnut Picnic Ground, April 19, 2009
Prunus americana, bark on larger trunk, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City just above Little Walnut Picnic Ground, April 19, 2009
Prunus americana, lenticels on midsized branch, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City just above Little Walnut Picnic Ground, April 19, 2009
Prunus americana, closeup of winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City just above Little Walnut Picnic Ground, January 5, 2010
Prunus americana, 3x macro of terminal bud and leaf scar on winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City just above Little Walnut Picnic Ground, January 5, 2010
Prunus americana, 3x macro of lateral bud and leaf scar on winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City just above Little Walnut Picnic Ground, January 5, 2010
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