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Chickasaw Plum

Name: Chickasaw Plum
SKU: Prunus angustifolia
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SKU: Prunus angustifolia Categories: Eastern PA Native, Keystone Plants, MagiK Picks, Native Food Forest, North American Native Plants, Northern-Piedmont Native, PA Shrubs, Seed/Spore Grown, Species of Concern

Description

You may have heard of American plums, but there’s another plum native to Pennsylvania that is reported to have even better tasting fruit. In fact, they were cultivated by Indigenous people long before the arrival of colonists. While Prunus americana can tolerate growing in part sun, Prunus angustifolia truly thrives in full sun locations. It is threatened by loss of habitat due to succession and invasive species.

Since we are at the northernmost region for this species, it is well adapted to the increasingly warming climate. Where both species overlap, they can occasionally hybridize to produce Prunus × orthosepala.

While not ranked in PA, it is considered S2 critically imperiled in New Jersey. The color on BONAP indicates it is rare in PA. For this reason I’m including it in the species of concern category for our state.

Additional information

Family	Rosaceae
Container Size	1GAL
Growth Cycle	perennial
Maximum Height	< 15ft
Maximum Width	15-20ft
Growth Rate	medium
Lighting Requirements	sun to part sun
Heliophily	8
Soil Moisture	moist/medium, well-drained, occasionally dry, mesic
Wetland Indicator	FACU
Soil Texture	clay, clay loam, high organic matter, loam, poor soil, sandy clay, sandy clay loam, sandy loam, silty clay, silty clay loam, silty loam
Soil pH	acidic-neutral, neutral
Maintenance	I Will Survive
USDA Hardiness Zone	hardy to 5a
Ecoregion	35 South Central Plains, 36 Ouachita Mountains, 37 Arkansas Valley, 38 Boston Mountains, 39 Ozark Highlands, 40 Central Irregular Plains, 45 Piedmont, 47 Western Corn Belt Plains, 50 Northern Lakes and Forests, 51 North Central Hardwood Forests, 54 Central Corn Belt Plains, 55 Eastern Corn Belt Plains, 56 Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains, 58 Northeastern Highlands, 63 Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain, 64 Northern Piedmont, 65 Southeastern Plains, 66 Blue Ridge, 67 Ridge & Valley, 68 Southwestern Appalachians, 69 Central Appalachians, 70 Western Allegheny Plateau, 71 Interior Low Plateaus, 72 Interior River Valleys and Hills, 73 Mississippi Alluvial Plain, 74 Mississippi Valley Loess Plains, 75 Southern Coastal Plain, 84 Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens
Native Habitat	anthropogenic, bottomland thicket, bottomland woodland edge, riparian, sloped woodland edge, thicketed slope, tidal flat, upland meadow, upland thicket, upland woodland edge, wet meadow, wetland
NatureServe Global Rank	G5 – secure
NatureServe National Rank	N5 – secure in the US
NatureServe State Rank	SNR – not ranked in PA
Sociability Index	level 4 – large patches
Bloom Color	white
Bloom Time	MAR, APR
Attracts	bees, butterflies, eastern box turtles, insects, moths, pollinators, songbirds, wildlife
Benefit To Habitat	bird food, caterpillar host, keystone, nectar, pollen, wildlife cover, wildlife love fruit
Tolerates	black walnut (juglone), clay soil, deer tolerant, poor soil
Ornamental Features	fall color, fragrant, fruit, showy flowers, winter interest
Ethnobotanical	craft, edible
Garden Theme	butterfly garden, cottage garden, pollinator garden, forager's garden, woodland garden, sensory garden, children's garden, rain garden, container garden, wild garden, formal garden
Suggested Use	background layer, borders, container, flowering tree, hedge, mass planting, naturalize, restoration planting, shade tree, slope/bank, small gardens, specimen tree, walkway edges
Judgy Judy Factor	Never let anyone tell you that you can't do something.

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