| Scientific Name: | Prunus americana |
| Common Name: | American plum |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Shade tree, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Crenate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | White, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Yellow, Red, Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most blades elliptic to obovate, 5-7cm long x 2-3cm wide, margins with small rounded teeth, petioles 0.5-1.5cm long; flowers bright white, about 2cm wide, 5-petals, spring; plums red (less commonly yellow, orange, purplish-black), ovoid, 1.5-3cm long, July. Winter ID: true terminal bud absent, accessory buds common; flower buds larger and rounder; leaf scars mostly half-round to triangular with 3 bundle scars. | |