Chickasaw Plum is a small, thicket-forming large shrub or small tree of open areas. Common in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina.
Unripe drupes.
Scotland Co., NC 4/18/10.
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| Chickasaw Plum is a small, thicket-forming large shrub or small tree of open areas. Common in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Unripe drupes. Scotland Co., NC 4/18/10. |
| Person Co., NC 4/1/06. |
| The alternate deciduous leaves are narrow, finely toothed, and slightly shiny above. Mecklenburg Co., NC 10/18/02. |
| One of the first trees to bloom in spring, the flowers are a popular nectar source for butterflies. Moore Co., NC 3/14/07. |
| Moore Co., NC 3/14/07. |
| Person Co., NC 4/1/06. |
| Orange Co., NC 4/3/05. |
| The bark has the horizontally-elongated lenticels typical of cherry trees. Mecklenburg Co., NC 10/18/02. |
| The peeling bark of a slightly larger tree. Moore Co., NC 3/14/07. |
| Person Co., NC 4/1/06. |
| Person Co., NC 4/1/06. |
More information:
Trees of Alabama and the Southeast
NC State Fact Sheet
Virginia Tech Dendrology
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