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| − | Common name: Carolina | + | Common name: Carolina laurel cherry |
==Taxonomic Notes== | ==Taxonomic Notes== | ||
| − | Synonyms: | + | Synonyms: ''Laurocerasus caroliniana'' (P. Miller) M. Roemer<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> |
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| + | Varieties: none<ref name=weakley/> | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
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| + | ''P. caroliniana'' has been found in natural communities such as floodplain forests, edges of live oak hammocks, pine-oak woodlands, thickets, magnolia-oak hammocks, mixed upland forests, wooded bluffs, scrub habitats, and old sand dunes. It can also be found in developed areas prone to human disturbance such as vacant lots, fencerows, forest edges, and along railroad tracks. ''P. caroliniana'' will usually be found as an understory tree in sandy loam or loamy sand.<ref name = fsu> Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2023. Collectors: Frank Almeda, Loran C. Anderson, Kathy Craddock Burks, George R. Cooley, Robert K. Godfrey, O. Lakela, Arthur Stanley Pease, David Printiss, States and counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Hernando, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington. Georgia: Grady.</ref> | ||
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| + | Species associated with ''P. caroliniana'' include ''[[Magnolia ashei]]''.<ref name=fsu/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:19, 14 July 2023
| Prunus caroliniana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Species: | P. caroliniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunus caroliniana Aiton | |
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| Natural range of Prunus caroliniana from USDA NRCS [1]. | |
Common name: Carolina laurel cherry
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: Laurocerasus caroliniana (P. Miller) M. Roemer[1]
Varieties: none[1]
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
P. caroliniana has been found in natural communities such as floodplain forests, edges of live oak hammocks, pine-oak woodlands, thickets, magnolia-oak hammocks, mixed upland forests, wooded bluffs, scrub habitats, and old sand dunes. It can also be found in developed areas prone to human disturbance such as vacant lots, fencerows, forest edges, and along railroad tracks. P. caroliniana will usually be found as an understory tree in sandy loam or loamy sand.[2]
Species associated with P. caroliniana include Magnolia ashei.[2]
Conservation, cultivation, and restoration
Cultural use
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2023. Collectors: Frank Almeda, Loran C. Anderson, Kathy Craddock Burks, George R. Cooley, Robert K. Godfrey, O. Lakela, Arthur Stanley Pease, David Printiss, States and counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Hernando, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington. Georgia: Grady.
