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Prunus angustifolia, known commonly as Chickasaw plum, Cherokee plum, Florida sand plum, sandhill plum, or sand plum, [3] is a North American species of plum-bearing tree. It was originally cultivated by Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans. [4] [5] [6] The species' name angustifolia refers to its narrow leaves.
American Plum: Sporadically in Blue Ridge Mountains, Ridge and Valley, Piedmont, and sometimes in southwestern Coastal Plain: Least Concern: Rosaceae: Prunus angustifolia Marshall [1]: 151–152 Chickasaw Plum: Scattered state-wide Least Concern: Rosaceae: Prunus caroliniana (Miller) Aiton [1]: 152–153 Carolina Laurel Cherry: Coastal Plain ...
This is a list of invasive species in North America.A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location ...
The economic impacts of invasive species can be difficult to estimate especially when an invasive species does not affect economically important native species. This is partly because of the difficulty in determining the non-use value of native habitats damaged by invasive species and incomplete knowledge of the effects of all of the invasive species present in the U.S. Estimates for the ...
Invasive species in Florida are introduced organisms that cause damage to the environment, human economy, or human health in Florida. [1] Native plants and animals in Florida are threatened by the spread of invasive species. [2] Florida is a major biodiversity hotspot in North America and the hospitable sub-tropical climate has also become a ...
Prunus americana, commonly called the American plum, [7] 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. [8] Prunus americana has often been planted outside its native range and sometimes escapes cultivation. [9]
An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment. [2] Invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage. The term can also be used for native species that become harmful to their native environment after human alterations to its food web. Since the ...
Prunus × orthosepala is a nothospecies of shrubby plum native to North America, in the southern and central United States. It is a naturally occurring hybrid of Chickasaw plum, Prunus angustifolia, and American plum, Prunus americana, found where their ranges overlap. [1] [2]