#44 most planted
Prunus cerasifera
Cherry plum · also Myrobalan plum, Purple-leaf plum
Deciduous
54,179
trees mapped
0.53%
of all named trees
27
cities
5.0 in
median trunk (13 cm, 47,843 measured)
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Prunus cerasifera, also known as cherry plum and myrobalan plum, is a small deciduous tree that is one of the parents of the cultivated plum. It is not suited to compacted soil.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 18,3441.6%—2.8 in
- 10,8115.9%—12 in
- 8,3081.1%—6.0 in
- 4,7283.5%—5.0 in
- 2,3370.50%36 yr7.5 in
- 2,0585.9%—13 in
- 1,6840.55%—3.0 in
- 1,6011.0%—1.9 in
- 1,0480.37%32 yr5.9 in
- 1,0320.45%—8.1 in
- 7010.20%—3.5 in
- 6670.15%28 yr8.8 in
- 2840.14%10 yr6.3 in
- 2681.7%—16 in
- 850.02%6.2 yr3.9 in
- 660.06%—3.5 in
- 580.12%6.8 yr8.8 in
- 240.01%—3.9 in
- 190.01%10 yr5.5 in
- 190.01%—2.4 in
- 100.08%7.8 yr2.0 in
- 90.00%—3.1 in
- 60.01%14 yr2.0 in
- 40.01%—4.1 in
- 40.02%—16 in
- 20.01%—2.0 in
- 20.00%—3.7 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 15–25 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–20 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.0 in, mean 6.8 in, 90th percentile 15 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests
- Western Himalayan broadleaf forests
- Balkan mixed forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
- East European forest steppe
- Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
- Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
- East Afghan montane conifer forests
- Elburz Range forest steppe
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe
- Eastern Anatolian montane steppe
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands
- Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
- Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert
Other Prunus in the catalogue
60 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
