Prunus mahaleb L.
Detail
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Botanical Name
- Prunus mahaleb L.
- Common Name
- Mahaleb Cherry, Rock Cherry, Perfumed Cherry
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Prunus mahaleb L.
- Comments
- This European introduction seems quite at home and potentially invasive on the xeric ledges of carbonate-rock cliffs in the Ridge and Valley province. In recent years, it has also been documented with increasing frequency in ruderal habitats.
- Habitat
- Naturalized species of dry rocky woodlands, cliffs, and outcrops over limestone, dolostone, and other calcareous or mafic rocks; also around old homesites, in fencerows, and in roadside thickets. Infrequent (sometimes locally abundant) in the mountains and s. Piedmont; rare elsewhere.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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