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Prunus nigra
Also called Canada Plum, Black Plum, Horse Plum
Canadian plum (Prunus nigra) is a hardy, deciduous shrub or small tree native to eastern North America, grown for its tart, juicy fruit. It is best suited to cold climates, where it grows well in alluvial soils or over limestone.
Prunus nigra, the Canada plum, Canadian plum, or black plum, is a species of Prunus native to eastern North America.
It can be found from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south as far as Connecticut, Illinois, and Iowa. It is endangered in Ohio. Isolated populations are present along streambanks in Saskatchewan and Alberta, along Lake Timiskaming in Northern Ontario, and along the Maine-New Brunswick border.
The fruit is somewhat sour, clingstone, and very juicy. It can be eaten raw when fully ripe or cooked and made into pies, preserves, and jellies. Dried, these plums were a popular winter staple of indigenous peoples. French explorer Jacques Cartier remarked in his journal that he was presented with dried Canada plums by the St. Lawrence Iroquoians in his first expedition to Canada.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
