Prunus mahaleb

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRosaceae
Family (Traditional)Rosaceae
GenusPrunus
Species:Prunus mahaleb L.
Common NameMahaleb Cherry; Perfumed Cherry
Growth Habittree
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: Yes; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: crenate; Leaflet Margins: crenulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Type: Stonefruit; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 13+
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Padellus mahaleb Padellus mahaleb

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Bracken (KY), Campbell (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Harrison (KY), Henry (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Logan (KY), Madison (KY), Mason (KY), Mercer (KY), Nicholas (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pendleton (KY), Pike (KY), Robertson (KY), Scott (KY), Woodford (KY), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Hamblen (TN), Jefferson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lewis (TN), Loudon (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Polk (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, KNK, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1933 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100632338 Clinton Kentucky 15 Apr 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-22
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632429 Mason Kentucky 14 Jun 1999 Ross C. Clark
24745
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632403 Henry Kentucky 07 Jul 1962 J. L. Gentry Jr.
425
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632379 Franklin Kentucky 13 Apr 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6108
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632460 Owen Kentucky 15 Apr 2003 Ronald L. Jones
9360
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632411 Jessamine Kentucky 28 Apr 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
11543
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
N/A Jefferson Kentucky 11 Apr 1933 H. M. Baker
254
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120805 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120783 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120794 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120808 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120804 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
UCHT015855 Jefferson Tennessee
UCHT
Prunus mahaleb
APSC0003071 Wilson Tennessee 08 Apr 1981 R.Kral
66818
APSC
Prunus mahaleb
MTSU007941 Rutherford Tennessee 15 Apr 2004 Jenny Berry
10
MTSU
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632353 Franklin Kentucky 29 May 1981 Steven Rice
FR-414
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632437 Mercer Kentucky 13 Jul 1991 David D. Taylor
15971
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632452 Oldham Kentucky 11 May 1981 R. Hannan & L. R. Phillipe
6308
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31973000018425 Pendleton Kentucky
KNK
Prunus mahaleb
31973000018422 Anderson Kentucky
KNK
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120800 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120789 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120795 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120802 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
UCHT015856 Hamblen Tennessee
UCHT
Prunus mahaleb
UCHT015854 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Prunus mahaleb
APSC0074677 Jessamine Kentucky 25 May 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142385 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142378 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142369 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632320 Clark Kentucky 09 Jul 1993 Ralph L. Thompson
93-286
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632288 Jessamine Kentucky 05 Jun 1994 Timothy J. Weckman
728
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
N/A Jefferson Kentucky 11 Apr 1933 H. M. Baker
254
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632270 Clark Kentucky 01 Sep 2000 Ross C. Clark
25387
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632395 Harrison Kentucky 08 Jun 1999 Ross C. Clark
24690
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100726551 Garrard Kentucky 25 Sep 2010 W. W. Overbeck
906
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632361 Franklin Kentucky 01 Jun 2006 D. Estes, B.E. Wofford, R. Small
08990
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31973000018426 Scott Kentucky
KNK
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120788 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120803 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120785 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
UCHT015857 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Prunus mahaleb
UOS05564 Harrison Kentucky 08 Apr 1999 Ross C. Clark
UOS
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142377 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142372 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632312 Bracken Kentucky 22 Jun 1999 Ross C. Clark
24935
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
N/A Jefferson Kentucky 02 Apr 1933 D. Blumer
253
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632445 Nicholas Kentucky 13 Jul 1999 Ross C. Clark with Ryan Bauer
25133
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
N/A Jefferson Kentucky 02 Apr 1933 D. Blumer
253
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100726585 Garrard Kentucky 10 Apr 2011 W. W. Overbeck
1090
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
N/A Jefferson Kentucky 02 Apr 1933 D. Blumer
253
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
BEREA021006 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120797 Lewis Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120792 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120784 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120798 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
APSC0085643 Logan Kentucky 12 Aug 1988
APSC
Prunus mahaleb
APSC0080250 Garrard Kentucky
APSC
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142374 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
31234100727138 Jessamine Kentucky 17 May 1963 E.T. Browne, Jr.
7064
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
N/A Jefferson Kentucky 11 Apr 1933 H. M. Baker
254
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632304 Anderson Kentucky 10 Jun 1978 William S. Bryant
492
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632478 Owen Kentucky 16 May 2003 Ronald L. Jones
9387
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31973000018420 Harrison Kentucky
KNK
Prunus mahaleb
31973000018421 Pendleton Kentucky
KNK
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120791 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0121296 Franklin Kentucky
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120796 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
MTSU007943 Franklin Tennessee V. A. Francis
MTSU
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142370 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142379 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
31234100767746 Madison Kentucky 10 May 2016 Thomas McFadden
242
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100720240 Pike Kentucky 31 Oct 1965 E. T. Browne, Jr.
11631
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632494 Woodford Kentucky 26 Apr 1966 Kenneth Taylor
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632296 Anderson Kentucky 09 Jun 1994 Gary W. Libby
361
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632387 Garrard Kentucky 15 Apr 2010 W. W. Overbeck
307
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
BEREA021005 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120806 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
UCHT015871 Tennessee
UCHT
Prunus mahaleb
MTSU007942 Rutherford Tennessee 08 Apr 2004 Candice Cude
35
MTSU
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142384 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142376 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BEREA021004 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Prunus mahaleb
31973000018423 Mason Kentucky
KNK
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120793 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142383 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
31234100632486 Robertson Kentucky 05 Jul 1999 Ross C. Clark
25034
EKY
Prunus mahaleb
BEREA021003 Anderson Kentucky
BEREA
Prunus mahaleb
31973000018424 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120801 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120807 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120790 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120786 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120799 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
TENN-V-0120787 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Prunus mahaleb
APSC0080657 Logan Kentucky 11 Oct 1984 John Macgregor
APSC
Prunus mahaleb
APSC0080274 Jessamine Kentucky
APSC
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142380 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT317113 Franklin Kentucky
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142371 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142382 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142373 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142375 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142381 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT142386 Tennessee
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
ETSU008737 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Prunus mahaleb
BRIT316903 Oldham Kentucky
VDB
Prunus mahaleb
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Prunus mahaleb - Dwayne Estes
Prunus mahaleb - Dwayne Estes
Prunus mahaleb - Dwayne Estes
Prunus mahaleb - Dwayne Estes
Prunus mahaleb - Joey Shaw
Prunus mahaleb - Joey Shaw
Prunus mahaleb - Joey Shaw
Prunus mahaleb - Joey Shaw