Beautiful and rare flowering plum tree native to the Appalachians from CT to TN, also MI. Showy white/pink flowers in early/mid spring. S...Read Moremall but tasty fruit in July/August.
Some forms are shrubby, some are single-trunked trees. Some are spiny, some are not. Some sucker, some not.
Grows on woodland edges and openings, depends on fire for habitat perpetuation. Fire suppression has made such habitat rare.
The common name is Alleghany plum.
This has been designated a species of concern by the US federal government.
Beautiful and rare flowering plum tree native to the Appalachians from CT to TN, also MI. Showy white/pink flowers in early/mid spring. S...Read More