PLANTS Profile for Malus pumila (paradise apple)

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PLANTS Profile

Malus pumila Mill.
paradise apple

Symbol:

MAPU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I
SPM		I

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Europe, Balkans. Usage Requirements.

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Malus pumila Mill.

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Synonyms:
Malus pumila Mill.

MACO21	Malus communis Poir.
MADO4	Malus domestica auct. non Borkh.
MAPR8	Malus praecox (Pall.) Borkh.
MAPUN2	Malus pumila Mill. var. niedzwetzkyana (Dieck) C.K. Schneid.
MASY3	Malus sylvestris Amer. auth., non (L.) Mill.
MASYP	Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. var. praecox (Pall.) Ponomar.	European crab apple
PYPU3	Pyrus pumila (Mill.) K. Koch

Distribution:
Malus pumila Mill.


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USA (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Malus pumila Mill.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 36 species in Malus

Classification:
Malus pumila Mill.

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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	Malus Mill. – apple
Species	Malus pumila Mill. – paradise apple

Introduced Information:
Malus pumila Mill.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:

Malus pumila Mill.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Martin	Minor		Minor				Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Martin, A.C., H.S. Zim, and A.L. Nelson. 1951. American wildlife and plants: A guide to wildlife food habits. Dover Publications, New York.

More Accounts and Images:
Malus pumila Mill.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25262.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

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Malus pumila Mill.

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Time Generated: 05/20/2013 07:50 PM CDT