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Plant Profile  

Common Name: Sand Plum

Other Names: Chickasaw Plum, Sandhill Plum

Species Name: Prunus angustifolia

Plant Type: Woody

Family Name: Rosaceae, Rose Family

 

 

Examples of Sand PlumPrunus angustifolia

Forms large thickets
Forms large thickets
Forms large thickets
Larger stems have stout thorns
Larger stems have stout thorns
Larger stems have stout thorns
Reddish-orange fruits
Reddish-orange fruits
Reddish-orange fruits
Shiny ligh green leaves; sometimes curved and partially folded
Shiny ligh green leaves; sometimes curved and partially folded
Shiny ligh green leaves; sometimes curved and partially folded
Shiny, zigzagging, reddish twigs
Shiny, zigzagging, reddish twigs
Shiny, zigzagging, reddish twigs

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin Native
Duration Perennial
Distribution in the U.S. Southeastern quarter as far west as western Kansas and Texas
Distribution in Oklahoma Throughout the state except Cimarron county and at the end of the Panhandle

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Type Sandy soils
Habitat Sandhills along rivers
Successional Stage Mid to late

 

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