Prunus yedoensis

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ROSACEAE
Species:Prunus yedoensis Matsum.
Common Name:Yoshino Cherry
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Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Yoshino Cherry is an introduced deciduous tree in the Rose family (Rosaceae). It is native to Japan and Korea. Yoshino Cherry is planted throughout Alabama and has been collected as a rare escape. It grows along forest edges, in urban woodlands, and on other disturbed sites. It is a small to medium sized tree from 15-30 feet in height. The bark is gray-mottled with prominent lenticels. Young twigs are green in color and pubescent. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, elliptic to ovate in outline, with doubly serrate margins. The teeth are gland tipped. The leaves are glabrous above and pubescent along the veins below. Fragrant flowers are produced in 2-6 flowered corymbs appearing before or with the emergence of the leaves. The individual flowers have 5 green sepals and 5 white or pink petals. The fruit is a black sub-globose drupe. The bitter fruit are highly sought-after by birds. Yoshino Cherry is widely cultivated and is readily available from nurseries. It is often used as a street tree or focal specimen. It is one of the most commonly planted cherry trees in Washington D.C.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:Diamond, A.R. 2020. Noteworthy collections of four non-native vascular plant species new to the flora of Alabama and one species rediscovered after 125 years. Castanea 85(2): 319-326.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyROSACEAE - Rose family
Genus Prunus
Species Prunus yedoensis Matsum. - Yoshino Cherry

Citation

Citation Prunus yedoensis Matsumura, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15(174): 100-101. 1901.
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Type: Japan: in hortis Tokyoensibus ample culta. Patria ignota ex insul Oshima, Prov. Izu allata esse dicitur.

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Jefferson, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
TROY000049393 Pike 19 Mar 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29206		 TROY
Prunus yedoensis Matsumura
TROY000052112 Jefferson 27 Mar 2021 Diamond, Alvin R.
29559		 TROY
Prunus yedoensis Matsum.
UWAL0047109 Pike 19 Mar 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29206		 UWAL
Prunus yedoensis Matsumura
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