Plants Profile for Prunus susquehanae (Sesquehana sandcherry)

General Information
Symbol:	PRSU3
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Rosaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 326. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
PRCU3	Prunus cuneata Raf.
PRPUC	Prunus pumila L. var. cuneata (Raf.) L.H. Bailey
PRPUS	Prunus pumila L. var. susquehanae (hort. ex Willd.) H. Jaeger	Sesquehana sandcherry

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Prunus L. – plum
Species	Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd. – Sesquehana sandcherry

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Ohio Prunus pumila var. cuneata sand cherry Threatened
Rhode Island Prunus pumila var. cuneata sand cherry Special Concern

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status