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Description[edit] Plums are a diverse group of species. The commercially important plum trees are medium-sized, usually pruned to 5–6 metres (16–20 ft) height. The tree is of medium hardiness. [12] Without pruning, the trees can reach 12 metres (39 ft) in height and spread across 10 metres (33 ft).
Prunus sogdiana Vassilcz. Prunus cerasifera is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. [3] It is native to Southeast Europe [4] [5] [6] and Western Asia, [3] [7] and is naturalised in the British Isles [4] and scattered locations in North America. [8] [9] [10] Also naturalized in parts of SE Australia where ...
Website. www .pbsd .net. The Plum Borough School District is a midsized, suburban public school district serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb of Plum. Plum Borough School District encompasses approximately 28 square miles (73 km 2 ). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 26,940.
Prunus hyemalis Michx. Prunus mississipi Marsh. Prunus americana, commonly called the American plum, [6] wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of Prunus native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida. [7]
Prunus persica × Prunus americana. Prunus persica × Prunus americana is the hybrid between the peach Prunus persica (often a nectarine) and the wild American plum Prunus americana . Hybrids were obtained in the 1940s at the University of Minnesota, and have been used in subsequent breeding, such as in the parentage of a plum called 'Minnesota ...
Pluots, apriums, apriplums, plumcots or pluclots are some of the hybrids between different Prunus species that are also called interspecific plums. Whereas plumcots and apriplums are first-generation hybrids between a plum parent (P. salicina) and an apricot (P. armeniaca), pluots and apriums are later-generations.
Prunus maritima is a deciduous shrub, in its natural sand dune habitat growing 1–2 meters ( – feet) tall, although it can grow larger, up to 4 m (13 ft) tall, when cultivated in gardens. The leaves are alternate, elliptical, 3–7 centimeters ( – inches) long and 2–4 cm ( – in) broad, with a sharply toothed margin.
Prunus salicina ( syn. Prunus triflora or Prunus thibetica ), commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum, [2] is a small deciduous tree native to China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. It is an introduced species in Korea, Japan, Israel, the United States, and Australia. Prunus salicina should not be confused with Prunus mume, a related ...