Prunus serotina Ehrh., 1783 54% complete

Rum cherry

Gartenkalender 3: 285 (1783)

Data sources

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Sourced13 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded17 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Ehrh. No source recorded
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Bibliography Gartenkalender 3: 285 (1783) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1783 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Rum cherry No source recorded
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Family common name Rose family No source recorded
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Observations W. Canada to NW. U.S.A., E. Canada to Guatemala No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 1425 cm
  • 1425 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 156 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 28, 54, 68, 92, 174, 184, 500, 662, 673, 708, 873, 909, 918, 925
Sourced
Biological type phanerophyte
  • phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 206 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 500, 918, 925
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Flower conspicuous true No source recorded
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Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit color black Sourced
Fruit conspicuous true No source recorded
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Fruit shape drupe Sourced
Growth form Multiple Stem No source recorded
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Growth habit Tree, Shrub No source recorded
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Growth rate Rapid Sourced
Maximum height 1500 cm
  • 1500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 28, 54, 68, 92, 174, 184, 500, 662, 673, 708, 873, 909, 918, 925
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 213 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 28, 48, 92, 759, 818, 882, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 23 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 71, 89, 110, 130, 444, 445, 822
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 4 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 106 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type —
  • coppice_potential, fuelwood, lumber, naval_stores, nursery_stock, ornamental, timber, veneer · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92
Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record