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Prunus pumila L.
sandcherry

       
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Photo of Prunus pumila L.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MI, Saugatuck. Usage Requirements.
 
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Prunus pumila L.

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Distribution:
Prunus pumila L.

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USA (AR, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WY), CAN (MB, NB, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Prunus pumila L.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 61 species in Prunus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Prunus pumila L. var. besseyi (L.H. Bailey) Gleason. . Image Available.
Prunus pumila var. besseyi
western sandcherry
Distribution of Prunus pumila L. var. depressa (Pursh) Gleason. .
Prunus pumila var. depressa
eastern sandcherry
Distribution of Prunus pumila L. var. pumila. .
Prunus pumila var. pumila
Great Lakes sandcherry
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Prunus pumila L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus Prunus L. – plum
Species Prunus pumila L. – sandcherry
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Prunus pumila L.

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arkansas:
sand cherry              Threatened
Massachusetts:
Prunus pumila var. depressa
sandbar cherry              Threatened
New York:
Prunus pumila var. depressa
dwarf sand-cherry              Threatened
Prunus pumila var. pumila
low sand-cherry              Endangered
Ohio:
Prunus pumila var. pumila
Great Lakes sand cherry              Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
sand cherry              Rare
Tennessee:
sand cherry              Threatened
 

More Accounts and Images:
Prunus pumila L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504625.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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