Burke: Prunus dulcis vs. Prunus cerasifera

	Prunus dulcis	Prunus cerasifera
	almond	cherry plum
Habit		Deciduous, glabrous and spineless shrub or small tree with glossy, green twigs.
Leaves		Leaves alternate, oval, finely serrate, 4-7 cm. long, shiny, green or red-purple.
Flowers		Flowers appearing with the leaves; petals 5, white or pink; stamens 20-30; pistil 1.
Fruits		Globose drupe, yellow or red.
Comments		Naturalizes from ornamental purple-leaved, pink-flowered selections.

	Prunus dulcis	Prunus cerasifera
Flowering time	March-May	March-April
Habitat	Disturbed areas, mostly along riparian zones and rocky slopes.	Open, disturbed areas typically at low elevations.
Distribution	Occurring in scattered locations east of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Washington, Idaho, and California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington, but also in southeastern Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho; also in northeastern North America. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Introduced from western Asia and northern Africa	Introduced
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	P. americana, P. armeniaca, P. avium, P. cerasifera, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. emarginata, P. laurocerasus, P. lusitanica, P. mahaleb, P. padus, P. persica, P. ×pugetensis, P. spinosa, P. tomentosa, P. virginiana, P. yedoensis	P. americana, P. armeniaca, P. avium, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. dulcis, P. emarginata, P. laurocerasus, P. lusitanica, P. mahaleb, P. padus, P. persica, P. ×pugetensis, P. spinosa, P. tomentosa, P. virginiana, P. yedoensis
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Prunus cerasifera

almond

cherry plum

Habit

Deciduous, glabrous and spineless shrub or small tree with glossy, green twigs.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, oval, finely serrate, 4-7 cm. long, shiny, green or red-purple.

Flowers

Flowers appearing with the leaves;

petals 5, white or pink;

stamens 20-30;

pistil 1.

Fruits

Globose drupe, yellow or red.

Comments

Naturalizes from ornamental purple-leaved, pink-flowered selections.

Prunus cerasifera

Flowering time

March-May

March-April

Habitat

Disturbed areas, mostly along riparian zones and rocky slopes.

Open, disturbed areas typically at low elevations.

Distribution

Occurring in scattered locations east of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Washington, Idaho, and California.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington, but also in southeastern Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho; also in northeastern North America.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Introduced from western Asia and northern Africa

Introduced

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa