Prunus americana Marshall

NEW YORK BOTANICAL.GARDEN
The New York Botanical Garden
Woody Plants of U. S. A.
ROSACEAE Prunus americana Marsh.
Bushy shrubs, in clonal patches, 3-4.5 m. tall; stems
5-10 cm. in diameter; bark dark gray, almost black;
with numerous stiff, sharp spiniform branches.
Fruit abundant, ripe, many falling to ground and do
not seem to be eaten by animals; usually 1, occasionally
2 fruits forming per umbel; fruit smooth, ± globose
except for obscure groove along one side opposite one
edge of the stone; these specimens perhaps from two
clones, the fruits ranging from 2x2 cm. to 3 x 3 cm.
on same shrub, depending on the branch; different
clones vary considerably in fruit characters, some
ranging larger, some smaller, the taste and color also
vary somewhat, these red and very tasty, the skin tart,
the flesh orange-yellow, juicy.
Common, apparently several clones, along fencerow
between cultivated fields and remnant prairie along rail-
road .
WISCONSIN: Richland Co., 3 miles SE of Richland Center.
T 10 N; R 1 E; NEjNWj sec. 35.	alt. 220 m.
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Coll.: M. Nee
14499-b
Aug. 27, 1976
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