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Prunus besseyi

Prunus pumila, commonly called sand cherry, is a North American species of cherry in the rose family. It is widespread in eastern and central Canada from New Brunswick west to Saskatchewan and the northern United States from Maine to Montana, south as far as Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, and Virginia, with a few isolated populations in Tennessee and Utah. It grows in sandy locations such as shorelines and dunes.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Prunus pumila
Genus: Prunus
Kingdom: Plantae
Hardiness: Zone 3
Habit: shrub
Bloom: Late Spring

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