Prunus nigra Aiton (Q4463)

taxon name

Prunus nigra

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taxon authority

Aiton

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

prunier noir (French)

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prunier sauvage (French)

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Canada plum (English)

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black plum (English)

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horse plum (English)

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Canada plum (English)

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prunier noir (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

8869

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distribution

CA-MB

present

native

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Manitoba Checklist, 2002

CA-NB

present

native

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Hinds, H.R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick : a manual for the identification of the vascular plants of New Brunswick. 2nd edition. Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. 699 pp.

CA-NS

present

introduced

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Zinck, M. 1998. Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia. Nimber Publishing & Nova Scotia Museum. Halifax, N. S. 2 vols. 1297 pp.

CA-ON

present

native

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Newmaster, S.G., A. Lehela, M.J. Oldham, P.W.C. Uhlig & S. McMurray. 1998. Ontario Plant List. Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Forest Information Paper No. 123. 550 pp.

CA-QC

present

native

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Marie-Victorin, Fr. 1995. Flore laurentienne. 3e éd. Mise à jour et annotée par L. Brouillet, S.G. Hay, I. Goulet, M. Blondeau, J. Cayouette et J. Labrecque. Gaétan Morin éditeur. 1093 pp.

CA-MB

Man.

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CA-NB

N.B.

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CA-NS

N.S.

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CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-QC

Que.

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US-CT

Conn.

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US-IL

Ill.

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US-IN

Ind.

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US-IA

Iowa

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US-ME

Maine

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US-MA

Mass.

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US-MI

Mich.

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US-MN

Minn.

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US-NH

N.H.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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US-ND

N.Dak.

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US-OH

Ohio

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US-VT

Vt.

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US-WI

Wis.

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parent taxon

Prunus Linnaeus

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taxon habit

tree

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shrub

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GBIF taxon key

3021170

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

LC

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

phenology

Flowering Apr–Jun; fruiting Aug–Sep.

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taxon habitat

borders

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deciduous woods

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bottomland forests

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thickets

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elevation

10–800 m

measurement range from

10 meter

measurement range to

800 meter

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special status

E

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taxon description fragment

Shrubs or trees, sometimes suckering, 30–90 dm, moderately thorny.

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d0_s0

Twigs with axillary end buds, usually glabrous, rarely hairy.

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d0_s1

Leaves deciduous;

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d0_s2

petiole 8–22 mm, glabrate with hairs adaxially, sometimes glandular distally, glands 1–3, discoid;

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d0_s3

blade broadly elliptic to obovate, (5–) 7–11 × 3–6.5 cm, base obtuse to rounded or subcordate, margins doubly crenate-serrate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex abruptly acuminate, abaxial surface hairy along midribs and major veins, adaxial glabrous.

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d0_s4

Inflorescences 2–4-flowered, umbellate fascicles.

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d0_s5

Pedicels 7–20 mm, usually glabrous, rarely hairy.

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d0_s6

Flowers blooming before or at leaf emergence;

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d0_s7

hypanthium red-tinged, obconic, 3–4 (–5) mm, usually glabrous, rarely hairy externally;

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d0_s8

sepals broadly spreading to reflexed, ovate, 2–4 (–5) mm, margins glandular-toothed, abaxial surface usually glabrous, rarely sparsely hairy, adaxial glabrous or hairy;

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d0_s9

petals white, often fading to pink, suborbiculate to oblong-obovate, 8–13 mm;

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