Canadian Plum

Prunus nigra Aiton

Rose family

Plant Type

Tree

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

30.0 feet

Flower Color

White, Pink

Bloom Time

Mid Spring, Late Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Soil

CaCO3 Tolerance High

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Host Acronicta superans, Alsophila pometaria, Characoma nilotica, Erannis tiliaria, Hyphantria cunae, Lophocampa maculata, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma californica lutescens, Pandemis canadana, Satyrium liparops, Satyrium liparops strigosum, Sphinx chersis, Synanthedon pictipes

Native Range

USA: Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Vermont, Wisconsin
CAN: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.