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'''''Prunus gracilis''''', called the '''Oklahoma plum''', ''' |
'''''Prunus gracilis''''', called the '''Oklahoma plum''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=PRGR|taxon=Prunus gracilis|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref> '''sour plum''', and '''sand plum''', is native to the south-central United States (eastern [[New Mexico]], southeastern [[Colorado]], [[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], southwestern [[Arkansas]], northwestern [[Louisiana]]).<ref name="grin">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?404745|title=''Prunus gracilis'' Engelm. & A. Gray|author=[[Germplasm Resources Information Network|GRIN]] |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], [[Agricultural Research Service|ARS]], National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, [[Beltsville, Maryland]]|date=April 19, 2011 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Prunus%20gracilis.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref> |
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''Gracilis'' refers to 'slender branches'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/prun-gra.htm|title=''Prunus gracilis'' Engelm. & Gray|publisher=Oklahoma Biological Survery, University of Oklahoma|accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> ''Prunus gracilis'' grows up to {{convert|6|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall, has five-petaled leaves, and fruits ripen June-August.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PRGR|title=''Prunus gracilis''|publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center|accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> Its red fruits are considered poor for eating, but Native Americans dried them for consumption during winter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/prunusgracil.htm|title=Oklahoma Plum, Sour Plum, Sand Plum|publisher=Texas A&M University|accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> It grows in clusters and thickets.<ref>{{cite book|title=Native American species of Prunus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=prunus+gracilis&source=bl&ots=BtoxaLjM7u&sig=ACEzeZGoyrevs0EW0ZjvZhKRRFI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i_CiVMybCMSwogSel4GYDg&ved=0CEQQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=prunus%20gracilis&f=false|last=Wright|first=William Franklin|year=1915|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture|location=Washington, DC|page=58}}</ref> |
''Gracilis'' refers to 'slender branches'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/prun-gra.htm|title=''Prunus gracilis'' Engelm. & Gray|publisher=Oklahoma Biological Survery, University of Oklahoma|accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> ''Prunus gracilis'' grows up to {{convert|6|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall, has five-petaled leaves, and fruits ripen June-August.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PRGR|title=''Prunus gracilis''|publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center|accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> Its red fruits are considered poor for eating, but Native Americans dried them for consumption during winter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/prunusgracil.htm|title=Oklahoma Plum, Sour Plum, Sand Plum|publisher=Texas A&M University|accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> It grows in clusters and thickets.<ref>{{cite book|title=Native American species of Prunus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=prunus+gracilis&source=bl&ots=BtoxaLjM7u&sig=ACEzeZGoyrevs0EW0ZjvZhKRRFI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i_CiVMybCMSwogSel4GYDg&ved=0CEQQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=prunus%20gracilis&f=false|last=Wright|first=William Franklin|year=1915|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture|location=Washington, DC|page=58}}</ref> |
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Prunus gracilis, called the Oklahoma plum,[3] sour plum, and sand plum, is native to the south-central United States (eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana).[1][4]
Gracilis refers to 'slender branches'.[5] Prunus gracilis grows up to 6 ft (1.8 m) tall, has five-petaled leaves, and fruits ripen June-August.[6] Its red fruits are considered poor for eating, but Native Americans dried them for consumption during winter.[7] It grows in clusters and thickets.[8]
References
- ^ a b GRIN (April 19, 2011). "Prunus gracilis Engelm. & A. Gray". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ illustration published in Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 323.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Prunus gracilis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ "Prunus gracilis Engelm. & Gray". Oklahoma Biological Survery, University of Oklahoma. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Prunus gracilis". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Oklahoma Plum, Sour Plum, Sand Plum". Texas A&M University. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ Wright, William Franklin (1915). Native American species of Prunus. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 58.
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