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FRTJNUS Linn. 

 Prunus nigra Ait. Canada Plum. 



Range. — From Newfoundland through the St. Lawrence River valley to Manitoba 

 (Rainy and Assimboiue rivers and Lake Manitoba). By cultivation, naturalized in 

 parts of Michigan, northern New England, New York, and eastern Massachusetts, 

 and may also be looked for in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. 



Names in use. — Canada Plum (Mass., N. Y., Mich., Ont.) ; Bed Plum 

 (Me., Yt., Ont., Mich.) ; Horse Plum (Me., Yt.) ; Wild Plum (Me., Mass., 



Yt., N. Y.). 



Prunus americana Marsh. Wild Plum. 



Range. — From middle and northern New Jersey and central New York to Mon- 

 tana (Missouri River), Nebraska, Colorado (eastern base Rocky Mountains), south- 

 ern New Mexico (Rio Grande River), and south to western Florida; northeastern 

 Mexico (mountains). 



Names in use.— Wild Plum (K. I., N. J., Del., Pa., Ya., W. Ya., 

 N. C, S. 0., Ga., Fla., Ala., Miss., La., Tex., Ky., Mo., Ark., 111., Ind., 

 Ohio, Mich., Ont,, Kans., Nebr., Iowa, Colo.) ; Yellow Plum (N. Y., Del., 

 Pa., Miss., Nebr.) ; Eed Plum (Del., Pa., N. 0., Miss., La., Nebr.) ; Horse 

 Plum (Miss., Ark., Colo.) ; Hog Plum (Colo., Mo.) ; August Plum (S. C.) ; 

 Native Plum (Iowa); Plum (111.); Plum G-ranite; Goose Plum (Ind.); 

 Sloe (Fla,). 



Prunus americana lanata Sudworth. Woollyleaf Plum. 



Range. — Missouri to northern Mexico. - 



Prunus hortulana P>ailey. G-arden Wild Plum. 



Range.— Illinois (near Oquawka on Mississippi River) ; Missouri (near St. Louis; 

 Maramec River) ; middle Tennessee (near Lebanon and Lewisburg). Range imper- 

 fectly known and may be looked for from southern Illinois and Indiana to eastern 

 Texas. 



Names in use.— Wild Goose Plum (Tenn.); Goose Plum (Tenn.). 



Prunus hortulana mineri Bailey. Miner Plum. 



Name in use. — Goose Plum (Tenn.). 



Prunus angustifolia Marsh. Chickasaw Plum. 



Prunus chicasa Michx. 



Range. — Natural range uncertain. Widely naturalized from southern Delaware 

 and Kentucky to eastern Kansas and south to central Florida and eastern Texas. 

 Appears like a tree escaped from cultivation. 



Names in use. — Chickasaw Plum (Del., W. Ya., N. 0., Ga., Fla., 

 Ala., La., Tex., Miss., 111., Kans.); Hog Plum (Miss., Tex.); Wild Eed 

 Cherry (La.); Mountain Cherry; Yellow Plum (Fla.). 



Prunus allegheniensis Porter. Allegheny Sloe. 



Range. — Central Pennsylvania (Tusseys Mountain, Huntingdon County; Bald 

 Eagle Mountain and valley, and Alleghenies in Clearfield and Elk counties). 



Prunus subcordata Benth. Pacific Plum. 



Range.— Southern Oregon to central California (west of the Cascades and Sierra 

 Madre mountains). 



Name in use. — Wild Plum. 



