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Common name: Chickasaw plum
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Common name: Chickasaw plum, sandhill plum
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
Synonyms: none  
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Synonyms: none<ref name=weakley>Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
Varieties: ''Prunus angustifolia'' var. ''angustifolia''
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Varieties: ''Prunus angustifolia'' var. ''angustifolia''<ref name=weakley/>
  
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
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''P. angustifolia'' has been found in areas with loamy sand, open pine woodlands, ephemeral pond shores, and longleaf-live oak hammocks.<ref name="FSU"> Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, and D. B. Ward. States and counties: Florida: Jefferson, Lake, Leon, and Taylor.</ref> It is also found in disturbed areas including along hiking trails, old fields, along fences, and along roadsides.<ref name="FSU"/> Associated species: ''Crataegus, Morella, Quercus, Smilax, Pinus, Juniperus, Trifolium, Bromus, Sphenopholiss, Castilleja'', and ''Gelsemium''.<ref name="STAR"> Arkansas State University accessed using Southeastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) data portal. URL: http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/index.php Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: E.L. Richards. States and Counties: Arkansas. Mississippi.</ref><ref name="AUA"> Auburn University, John D. Freeman Herbarium accessed using Southeastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) data portal. URL: http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/index.php Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: G. Gil. States and Counties: Alabama: Russell.</ref><ref name="BRIT"> Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Philecology Herbarium accessed using Southeastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) data portal. URL: http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/index.php Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Monique Reed. States and Counties: Texas: Midland.</ref>
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''P. angustifolia'' has been observed flowering in February and March.<ref>Nelson, G.  [http://www.gilnelson.com/ PanFlora]: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/  Accessed: 13 DEC 2016</ref>
 
''P. angustifolia'' has been observed flowering in February and March.<ref>Nelson, G.  [http://www.gilnelson.com/ PanFlora]: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/  Accessed: 13 DEC 2016</ref>
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===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Prunus angustifolia'' at Archbold Biological Station:<ref name="Deyrup 2015">Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref>
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''Prunus angustifolia'' has been observed at the Archbold Biological Station to host bees from the Apidae family such as ''Bombus impatiens,'' and ''Epeolus zonatus'', as well as plasterer bees from the Colletidae family such as ''Colletes brimleyi,'' and ''Hylaeus confluens'', sweat bees from the Halictidae family such as ''Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Lasioglossum pectoralis,'' and ''L. placidensis'', and wasps from the Vespidae family such as ''Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus,'' and ''Zethus slossonae''.<ref name="Deyrup 2015">Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref> Additionally, ''P. angustifolia'' has been observed to host bees from the Andrenidae family such as ''Andrena barbara'', ''A. bisalicis'', ''A. dunningi'', ''A. erythrogaster'', and ''A. miserabilis'', as well as bees from the Apidae family such as ''Epeolus zonatus'', ''Habropoda laboriosa'', ''Xylocopa micans'', and ''X. virginica'', plasterer bees such as ''Colletes thoracicus'' (family Colletidae), and sweat bees from the Halictidae family such as ''Lasioglossum cinctipes'', ''L. hitchensi'', and ''L. illinoense''.<ref>Discoverlife.org [https://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Bidens+albaDiscoverlife.org|Discoverlife.org]</ref>
 
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Apidae''Bombus impatiens, Epeolus zonatus''
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Colletidae:  ''Colletes brimleyi, Hylaeus confluens''
 
 
 
Halictidae:  ''Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Lasioglossum pectoralis, L. placidensis''
 
  
Vespidae:  ''Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Zethus slossonae''
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
  
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==Cultural use==
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The plum fruit has long been eaten fresh or used in pies, jellies, sauces, and dried fruit.<ref> Fernald, et al. 1958. Edible Plants of Eastern North America. Harper and Row Publishers, New York.</ref>
==Conservation and management==
 
  
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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Latest revision as of 10:15, 14 July 2023

Prunus angustifolia
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Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species: P. angustifolia
Binomial name
Prunus angustifolia
Marshall
Prun angu dist.jpg
Natural range of Prunus angustifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Chickasaw plum, sandhill plum

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: none[1]

Varieties: Prunus angustifolia var. angustifolia[1]

Description

A description of Prunus angustifolia is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

P. angustifolia has been found in areas with loamy sand, open pine woodlands, ephemeral pond shores, and longleaf-live oak hammocks.[2] It is also found in disturbed areas including along hiking trails, old fields, along fences, and along roadsides.[2] Associated species: Crataegus, Morella, Quercus, Smilax, Pinus, Juniperus, Trifolium, Bromus, Sphenopholiss, Castilleja, and Gelsemium.[3][4][5]

Phenology

P. angustifolia has been observed flowering in February and March.[6]

Pollination

Prunus angustifolia has been observed at the Archbold Biological Station to host bees from the Apidae family such as Bombus impatiens, and Epeolus zonatus, as well as plasterer bees from the Colletidae family such as Colletes brimleyi, and Hylaeus confluens, sweat bees from the Halictidae family such as Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Lasioglossum pectoralis, and L. placidensis, and wasps from the Vespidae family such as Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, and Zethus slossonae.[7] Additionally, P. angustifolia has been observed to host bees from the Andrenidae family such as Andrena barbara, A. bisalicis, A. dunningi, A. erythrogaster, and A. miserabilis, as well as bees from the Apidae family such as Epeolus zonatus, Habropoda laboriosa, Xylocopa micans, and X. virginica, plasterer bees such as Colletes thoracicus (family Colletidae), and sweat bees from the Halictidae family such as Lasioglossum cinctipes, L. hitchensi, and L. illinoense.[8]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

The plum fruit has long been eaten fresh or used in pies, jellies, sauces, and dried fruit.[9]

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, and D. B. Ward. States and counties: Florida: Jefferson, Lake, Leon, and Taylor.
  3. Arkansas State University accessed using Southeastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) data portal. URL: http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/index.php Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: E.L. Richards. States and Counties: Arkansas. Mississippi.
  4. Auburn University, John D. Freeman Herbarium accessed using Southeastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) data portal. URL: http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/index.php Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: G. Gil. States and Counties: Alabama: Russell.
  5. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Philecology Herbarium accessed using Southeastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) data portal. URL: http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/index.php Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Monique Reed. States and Counties: Texas: Midland.
  6. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 13 DEC 2016
  7. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
  8. Discoverlife.org [1]
  9. Fernald, et al. 1958. Edible Plants of Eastern North America. Harper and Row Publishers, New York.