Burke: Prunus dulcis vs. Prunus cerasus

	Prunus dulcis	Prunus cerasus
	almond	sour cherry

	Prunus dulcis	Prunus cerasus
Flowering time	March-May	March-May
Habitat	Disturbed areas, mostly along riparian zones and rocky slopes.	Roadsides, thickets, forest edge, and fields.
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 in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Idaho and Montana, also east from the Great Plains to the midwestern U.S. and northeastern North America. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Introduced from western Asia and northern Africa	Introduced from Eurasia
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. cerasifera, 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: OR, WA Local Web sites: 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 cerasus

almond

sour cherry

Prunus cerasus

Flowering time

March-May

Habitat

Disturbed areas, mostly along riparian zones and rocky slopes.

Roadsides, thickets, forest edge, and fields.

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 in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Idaho and Montana, also east from the Great Plains to the midwestern U.S. and northeastern North America.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Introduced from western Asia and northern Africa

Introduced from Eurasia

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa