Prunus alabamensis

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ROSACEAE
Species:Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
Common Name:Alabama Black Cherry
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Alabama Black Cherry is a native deciduous tree in the Rose family (Rosaceae). It occurs in scattered locations across the state. Alabama Black Cherry grows in dry sandy or rocky woodlands, often associated with Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Miller). It is a small to medium sized tree reaching heights of 20-40 feet. The bark is gray and smooth on young limbs. On older limbs and the trunk is its rough and broken into plate-like sections and dark gray to almost black in color. Young shoots are green in color and pubescent. The leaves are deciduous, alternate, petiolate, ovate to elliptic in outline, with serrate margins. The leaves are dark green above and lighter green below. The leaves are uniformly pubescent below and lack tuffs of hairs in the axils of the veins. The leaves of Alabama Black Cherry turn red or orange in the autumn and persist on the tree longer than those of Common Black Cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrhart). Flowers are produced in elongate racemes from the axils of the leaves. The flowers have 5 white petals, and the rachis, peduncles, and calyx are pubescent. Alabama Black Cherry usually flowers about 2 weeks after Common Black Cherry has finished flowering. The fruit is a dark purple, globose drupe. Alabama Black Cherry is listed as a S1 species in Alabama (typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or some factor of its biology making it especially vulnerable in the state) and globally as a G4 species (imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors).--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, S1 (State Rank), G4 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyROSACEAE - Rose family
Genus Prunus
Species Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr - Alabama Black Cherry

Citation

Citation Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26(3): 118–119. 1899.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: ALABAMA: Jefferson Co.: Red Mountain, near Birmingham, 10 May 1898, Mohr s.n. (lectotype: NY). Lectotypified by McVaugh, Brittonia 7: 301. 1951.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Padus alabamensis    
Padus australis    
Padus cuthbertii    
Prunus serotina var. alabamensis    

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: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Crenshaw, Dale, Etowah, Hale, Jefferson, Monroe, Pike, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1893 - 1893

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000023521 Pike 9 May 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4727		 AUA
Prunus Alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000008360 Pike 28 Oct 1999 Mims, Melinda
6-99		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130939 Blount 29 Apr 1993 Dasinger, Adam P.
55		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU146026 Calhoun 21 May 1993 Hutchinson, Francine
1494		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130941 Calhoun 2 May 1967 Horton, Sandy
s.n.		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
SAMF0007884 Shelby 05 May 1965 Myers, Martha Crystal
308		 SAMF
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0017959 Clarke 10 Jun 1996 Kral, Robert
86034		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis Mohr.
JSU130962 Jefferson 17 May 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1487		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130966 St. Clair 12 May 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13168		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130965 St. Clair 12 May 1983 Nixon, Christopher F.
167		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
AUA000023522 Pike 9 May 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4727		 AUA
Prunus Alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130971 Talladega 2 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13650		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130956 Cleburne 7 May 1983 Bussey, Melanie G.
636		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
AUA000023519 Pike 1999 Martin, Brian
6		 AUA
Prunus Alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0053001 Jefferson 16 Apr 2019 Davenport, L.J.
6675		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0003809 Coosa 28 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4358		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130961 Jefferson 17 May 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1473		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130969 Talladega 1 Jul 1992 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130948 Calhoun 18 Jul 1991 Naugher, Rhonda L.
254		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000023055 Chilton 03 May 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15270		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130957 Cleburne 23 Sep 1982 Bussey, Melanie G.
422		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
AUA000027877 Hale 13 May 2003 Woods, Michael
9729		 AUA
Prunus Alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000046325 Monroe 16 May 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28331		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
ALNHS00006423 Coosa 07 Apr 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4354		 ALNHS
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0053316 Shelby 09 Apr 2021 Bryson, Charles T.
s.n.		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130970 Talladega 24 Jun 1969 Tudor, Jessica
s.n.		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130942 Calhoun 30 Sep 1972 L'Eplattenier, R.
s.n.		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000023058 Hale 13 May 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
9729		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0035024 Jefferson 07 May 1965 Myers, Martha Crystal
337		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis Mohr
UWAL0016907 Jefferson 16 Sep 2014 Davenport, L.J.
5660		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UNA00064074 St. Clair 12 May 1983 Whetstone, R.D.
13168		 UNA
Prunus serotina Ehrh. var. alabamensis (C. Mohr) Little
UNA00050129 St. Clair 12 May 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13168		 UNA
Prunus serotina Ehrh. var. alabamensis (C. Mohr) Little
TROY000023057 St. Clair 03 May 1980 Kral, Robert
64904		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130958 Cleburne 6 May 1967 Richardson, R.B.
s.n.		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0053321 Shelby 24 Apr 2021 Bryson, Charles T.
25817		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
SAMF0002070 Jefferson 07 May 1965 Myers, Martha Crystal
s.n.		 SAMF
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0033790 Clay 26 Apr 2015 Keener, Brian R.
8809		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130943 Calhoun 4 Nov 1968 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130940 Calhoun 27 Apr 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
181		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130947 Calhoun 18 Jul 1991 Naugher, Rhonda L.
251		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
AUA000023517 Coosa 7 May 2000 Schotz, Alfred
1781		 AUA
Prunus Alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130967 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9449		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
ALNHS00006594 Jefferson 02 Jun 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4917		 ALNHS
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130951 Cleburne 15 Oct 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1483		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000008361 Pike 05 May 1999 Martin, Brian H.
6		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0034948 Clay 03 Jun 2012 Webb, Wayne K.
14		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130964 Jefferson 23 May 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1539		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UNA00073070 Monroe 07 Apr 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-158		 UNA
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
AUA000023516 Chilton 3 May 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15270		 AUA
Prunus Alabamensis C. Mohr
UNA00068703 Coosa 28 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4358		 UNA
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0039680 Monroe 16 May 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28327 A		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000008358 Monroe 27 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18352		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130959 Cleburne 23 Sep 1982 Bussey, Melanie G.
422		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000022828 Cherokee 25 Apr 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
23		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000008359 Pike 01 Apr 1999 Martin, Brian H.
1042		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0053318 Shelby 18 Jul 2020 Bryson, Charles T.
25780		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
AUA000037159 Jefferson 20 Jun 2018 Thibault, Tim
1686		 AUA
Prunus Alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130949 Cherokee 31 May 1968 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000023059 Coosa 28 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4358		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130954 Clay 17 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
3991		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130946 Calhoun 18 Jul 1991 Naugher, Rhonda L.
251		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000048089 Clay 26 Apr 2015 Keener, Brian R.
8809		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130950 Cleburne 15 Jun 1983 Bussey, Melanie G.
710		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000046330 Monroe 16 May 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28327A		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
ALNHS00004931 Cleburne 03 Jun 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3198		 ALNHS
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130955 Cleburne 7 May 1981 Whetstone, R. David
10705		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130960 Etowah 17 Jul 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2881		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130963 Jefferson 30 Jun 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
727		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UNA00015593 22 Sep 1893 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0031665 Shelby 03 Oct 1992 Kral, Robert
81697		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis Mohr.
SAMF0002912 Jefferson 16 Sep 2014 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5660		 SAMF
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UNA00061378 Jefferson 11 May 1898 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130952 Cleburne 6 Sep 1982 Bussey, Melanie G.
258		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
TROY000023056 Chilton 10 May 1999 Kral, Robert
88271		 TROY
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
AUA000023518 Crenshaw 5 Jul 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10375		 AUA
Prunus Alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130953 Cleburne 24 Jun 1969 Sizemore, Donny
s.n.		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
AUA000023520 Pike 22 Apr 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6831		 AUA
Prunus Alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0053323 Shelby 24 Apr 2021 Bryson, Charles T.
25819		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
UWAL0034841 Dale 16 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74356		 UWAL
Prunus alabamensis Mohr
JSU130945 Calhoun 6 Jun 1968 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130968 Shelby 20 Jul 1993 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
JSU130944 Calhoun 18 Jul 1991 Naugher, Rhonda L.
254		 JSU
Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
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