Prunus pumila
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Prunus pumila, commonly called sand cherry, is a North American species of cherry in the rose family. It is widespread in eastern and central Canada from New Brunswick west to Saskatchewan and the northern United States from Maine to Montana, south as far as Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, and Virginia, with a few isolated populations in Tennessee and Utah.[1][2] It grows in sandy locations such as shorelines and dunes.[3]
Prunus pumila is a deciduous shrub that grows to Script error: No such module "convert". tall depending on the variety.[4] It forms dense clonal colonies by sprouts from the root system. The leaves are leathery, Script error: No such module "convert". long, with a serrated margin. The flowers are Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter with five white petals and 25–30 stamens. They are produced in small clusters of two to four. The fruit is a small cherry Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter, ripening to dark purple in early summer.[5][6][7]
- Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason, western sand cherry (also called Rocky Mountain cherry)Template:SndSaskatchewan, Manitoba, western Ontario, south to Colorado and Kansas
- Prunus pumila var. depressa (Pursh) Gleason, eastern sand cherryTemplate:SndOntario, Québec, New Brunswick south to Pennsylvania
- Prunus pumila var. pumila, Great Lakes sand cherryTemplate:Sndshores of Great Lakes
- Prunus pumila var. susquehanae (hort. ex Willd.) Jaeger, Susquehana sand cherryTemplate:Sndfrom Manitoba east to Maine, south to Tennessee
- Prunus × cistena (purple leaf sand cherry) is a hybrid of Prunus cerasifera (cherry plum) and P. pumila.[9] It was developed by Niels Ebbesen Hansen of South Dakota State University in 1910.[10] They grow to be about Script error: No such module "convert". tall and can live for up to 20 years.[11]
Gallery
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P. pumila var. depressa in bloom
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P. pumila var. pumila just after flowering, in June
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Mature flowers
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Cherries (mostly unripe) growing on branches
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Close-up of leaves
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References
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- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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- ↑ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b Flora of North America, Prunus pumila Linnaeus, 1767. Sandcherry, cerisier des sables
- ↑ United States Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service
- ↑ Plant Facts, Prunus x cistena - Purpleleaf Sand Cherry (Rosaceae)
- ↑ Nazareth College, Purpleleaf Sand Cherry Prunus x cistena Template:Webarchive/
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