General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 10 - 20 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Small purple-black berries, each containing a single seed.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Shade Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects

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Botanical names
  • Accepted: Prunus alabamensis
  • Synonym: Prunus serotina subsp. hirsuta
  • Synonym: Padus australis
  • Synonym: Prunus serotina var. alabamensis
  • Synonym: Padus cuthbertii

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Date: c. 1902
illustration by C. E. Faxon from Sargent's 'Silva of North Americ

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