FNPS Plant Database

Prunus umbellata

hog plum, flatwoods plum

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

hog plum, flatwoods plum

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Prunus umbellata

Family:

Rosaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

12-20 ft tall by 12-20 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

purple

Phenology:

deciduous

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Specimen tree, street or parking lot tree.

Considerations:

Availability:

Native Nurseries

Propagation:

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Short very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Slightly acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

9A,9B,10A,10B

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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Birds, Mammals

Pollinated by bees.

Birds and other animals eat the fruit.

Native Habitats:

Hammocks, pine woods, mixed woods.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

Fruit is edible, but best used for jelly.

General Comments:

Citations:

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/prunus-umbellata/



Deyrup, Mark; Jayanthi Edirisinghe, and Beth Norden.  2002. The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Insecta Mundi. 544. 

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/544



Huegel, Craig, N.  2010.  Native plant landscaping for Florida wildlife.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. (wildlife uses)



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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