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Prunus americana (American Plum)
Prunus americana (American Plum) ripe fruit from a massive thicket that borders my vegetable garden on two sides. The shrubs have been here since before 1970 and produce abundant fruit almost every year with little care other than to remove the occasional dead branches and stems.
''Prunus americana'', commonly called the American plum, wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of ''Prunus'' native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida.
''Prunus americana'' has often been planted outside its native range and sometimes escapes cultivation. It is commonly confused with the Canada plum , although the fruit is smaller and rounder and bright red as opposed to yellow. Many cultivated.. more
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