PLANTS Profile for Prunus nigra (Canadian plum)

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Prunus nigra Aiton
Canadian plum

Symbol:

PRNI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Prunus nigra Aiton

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Synonyms:
Prunus nigra Aiton

PRAMN

Prunus americana Marshall var. nigra (Aiton) Waugh

Distribution:
Prunus nigra Aiton


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OH, VT, WI), CAN (MB, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Prunus nigra Aiton

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 62 species in Prunus

Classification:
Prunus nigra Aiton

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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 nigra Aiton – Canadian plum

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Prunus nigra Aiton

This plant is 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.

Iowa:
Canada plum		Endangered
Ohio:
Canada plum		Presumed Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Prunus nigra Aiton

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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UPL,FACU-

UPL

FACU-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Prunus nigra Aiton

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24796.

View species account and photographs 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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