. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. SHRUBS ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES CHERRIES & PLUMS: Leaves toothed, main side veins NOT RUNNING DIRECTLY TO LEAF EDGE. LEAFSTALKS OFTEN BEARING GLANDS NEAR LEAF BASE. FRUIT WITH SINGLE SEED. PLUM FRUIT SLIGHTLY LINED OR furrowed lengthwise; Cherry FRUIT NOT LINED. BEACH PLUM Prunus maritima Leaves 3-6 cm. long, soft-hairy beneath. Fruit cm. thick, purple or bluish (occasionally yellowish), sweetish, edible. Sandy soil, roadsides. Rare (mostly as escape). AMERICAN PLUM Prunus americana Leaves 5-12 cm. long. Fruit red to yellow, 2-
. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. SHRUBS ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES CHERRIES & PLUMS: Leaves toothed, main side veins NOT RUNNING DIRECTLY TO LEAF EDGE. LEAFSTALKS OFTEN BEARING GLANDS NEAR LEAF BASE. FRUIT WITH SINGLE SEED. PLUM FRUIT SLIGHTLY LINED OR furrowed lengthwise; Cherry FRUIT NOT LINED. BEACH PLUM Prunus maritima Leaves 3-6 cm. long, soft-hairy beneath. Fruit cm. thick, purple or bluish (occasionally yellowish), sweetish, edible. Sandy soil, roadsides. Rare (mostly as escape). AMERICAN PLUM Prunus americana Leaves 5-12 cm. long. Fruit red to yellow, 2-3 cm. thick, sour but edible. Spur branches often spiny. Sometimes a small tree. Thickets, roadsides, wood borders. Uncommon. CHOKE CHERRY Prunus virginiana Leaves sharp-toothed, 5-12 cm. long. Fruit (flowers) in elongated clusters. Fruit pulp scarcely palatable but used in jellies and pies. Roadsides, thickets, borders of woods. PLUM. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Angelo, Ray, 1948-; Angelo, Ray, 1948-. Cambridge, Mass. : Concord Field Station, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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