Prunus subhirtella Miq.
Detail
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Botanical Name
- Prunus subhirtella Miq.
- Common Name
- Spring Cherry, Higan Cherry, Winter-flowering Cherry
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Prunus subhirtella Miquel
- Comments
- Considered by some to be a hybrid of unknown origin. The weeping form, var. pendula, is most frequently encountered in cultivation. Recently discovered to be rampantly invasive and widely naturalizing in relatively undisturbed forests of the Potomac River valley west of Washington, D.C. Also established in the Charlottesville, Richmond and Farmville areas. The current map probably under-represents the true extent of this invasive tree.
- Habitat
- Mesic and dry-mesic upland forests, forest borders, old fields, and fencerows; native of e. Asia, commonly cultivated and escaped. Infrequent, mostly in the n. and c. Piedmont, but rapidly spreading. This tree is quite shade-tolerant in successional woodlands and understories of more mature, mesic upland forests, and is reproducing abundantly in some localities. To date, seen only near urban areas, where this species is planted widely. The seeds are dispersed by birds.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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