Prunus caroliniana

Classification	Dicots
Family	Rosaceae
Family (Traditional)	Rosaceae
Genus	Prunus
Species:	Prunus caroliniana Aiton
Common Name	Carolina Laurelcherry
Growth Habit	tree
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; 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; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	N/A
Status	Not Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); G5 (Global Rank)
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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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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

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Laurocerasus caroliniana	Laurocerasus caroliniana M. Roem.
Padus caroliniana	Padus caroliniana Mill.

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: Madison (KY), Davidson (TN), Giles (TN), Knox (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 2013

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0120760	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Prunus caroliniana
MEM020852	Shelby	Tennessee	08 May 1966	R. Barry Fox 58	MEM Prunus caroliniana
MEM000703	Shelby	Tennessee	08 May 1966	Lonnie C. Pennington 82	MEM Prunus caroliniana
MTSU007915	Rutherford	Tennessee	25 Apr 1983	Tim Adams 47	MTSU Prunus caroliniana
BEREA019998	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Prunus caroliniana
APSC0003079	Knox	Tennessee	March 2007	Dwayne Estes & Madison Estes 9694	APSC Prunus caroliniana
MTSU007910	Rutherford	Tennessee	19 Oct 1983	John H. Rhee 22	MTSU Prunus caroliniana
BEREA019996	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Prunus caroliniana
APSC0003080	Giles	Tennessee	15 Nov 1998	Dwayne Estes 83	APSC Prunus caroliniana
MTSU007916	Rutherford	Tennessee	19 Oct 1980	Ira Scott 35	MTSU Prunus caroliniana
MTSU007911	Rutherford	Tennessee	27 Oct 1980	Becky Stevens 39	MTSU Prunus caroliniana
UCHT036348	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Prunus caroliniana
MEM020853	Shelby	Tennessee	15 Nov 1982	Guy Nesom s.n.	MEM Prunus caroliniana
31234100632056	Madison	Kentucky	22 Dec 1992	John Richard Abbott 4605	EKY Prunus caroliniana
TENN-V-0120759	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Prunus caroliniana
UCHT015810	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Prunus caroliniana
HTTU015027	Knox	Tennessee			HTTU Prunus caroliniana
MTSU007912	Rutherford	Tennessee	08 Dec 2005	Wes Cunningham 37	MTSU Prunus caroliniana
BEREA019997	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Prunus caroliniana
BEREA019995	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Prunus caroliniana
TENN-V-0120758	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Prunus caroliniana
APSC0013361	Polk	Tennessee	14 Jun 2011	Joey Shaw, Dwayne Estes, Sunny Hart, Emily Blyveis, Aaron Floden, and Rob Shepard	APSC Prunus caroliniana
HTTU015025	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Prunus caroliniana
MTSU007914	Rutherford	Tennessee	29 Apr 1983	Sandy 41	MTSU Prunus caroliniana
MTSU007913	Davidson	Tennessee	18 Oct 2009	Richard Marko 97	MTSU Prunus caroliniana
SWMT01690		Tennessee		Legit J. F. Joor	SWMT Prunus caroliniana
SWMT05097	Shelby	Tennessee	24 Feb 2013	A. DeGenova 18	SWMT Prunus caroliniana
SWMT05096	Shelby	Tennessee	07 Apr 2013	A. DeGenova 48	SWMT Prunus caroliniana

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Prunus caroliniana

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