PLANTS Profile for Prunus susquehanae (Sesquehana sandcherry)

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Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd.
Sesquehana sandcherry

Symbol:

PRSU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd.

Prunus cuneata

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 326. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd.

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Synonyms:
Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd.

PRCU3	Prunus cuneata Raf.
PRPUC	Prunus pumila L. var. cuneata (Raf.) L.H. Bailey
PRPUS	Prunus pumila L. var. susquehanae (hort. ex Willd.) H. Jaeger	Sesquehana sandcherry

Distribution:
Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd.


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USA (CT, DE, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 63 species in Prunus

Classification:
Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd.

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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 susquehanae hort. ex Willd. – Sesquehana sandcherry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd.

The synonym italicized and indented below 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.

Ohio:
Prunus pumila var. cuneata
sand cherry		Threatened
Rhode Island:
Prunus pumila var. cuneata
sand cherry		Special Concern

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Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd.

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 11:53 AM CDT