#717 most planted
Prunus nigra
Canada plum · also Canadian plum, Black plum, Horse plum
576
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
15
cities
2.4 in
median trunk (6 cm, 575 measured)
8.4 yr
median age (42% have a planting date)
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Prunus nigra, commonly known as Canada plum, Canadian plum, or black plum, is a tree species native to eastern North America. Its conservation status is classified as least concern.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2750.05%—2.0 in
- 2200.05%8.4 yr2.4 in
- 190.01%—2.4 in
- 120.03%16 yr2.6 in
- 110.00%2.4 yr1.2 in
- 100.00%—4.1 in
- 80.00%—3.0 in
- 80.00%—3.7 in
- 40.00%—5.0 in
- 20.00%—5.9 in
- 20.00%—23 in
- 20.00%—3.0 in
- 10.00%—3.5 in
- 10.00%—15 in
- 10.00%—3.8 in
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
- New England-Acadian forests
Other Prunus in the catalogue
60 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
