Prunus alabamensis

Prunus alabamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Prunus
Species:	P. alabamensis
Binomial name
	Prunus alabamensis; C.Mohr
Synonyms[1]
	Padus alabamensis (C.Mohr) Small; Prunus serotina var. alabamensis (C.Mohr) Little;

Prunus alabamensis, the Alabama cherry^[2] or Alabama black cherry, is an uncommon North American species of shrub tree native to the southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina).^[3]^[4]

Prunus alabamensis is a shrub or small tree up to 15 feet (450 cm) tall. Leaves are thick, broadly egg-shaped dull green on the upper surface, light green on the underside. Flowers are in an elongated raceme up to 6 inches (15 cm) long.^[5]

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[1] Tropicos, Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr

[2] "Prunus alabamensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

[3] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[4] Alabama Plant Atlas, Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr, Alabama Black Cherry

[5] Mohr, Charles Theodore 1899. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 26(3): 118–119