Prunus maritima Marshall. Common name: Beach Plum. Phenology: Apr-May; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Ocean dunes and sandy coastal soils (from e. MD northward), disturbed dune-like area on shore of Chesapeake Bay (in e. VA). Distribution: Native from NB south to e. MD, along the coast; somewhat disjunct in e. VA in an ambiguously native occurrence.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Klooster et al. (2018) is the latest study to regard P. gravesii / P. maritima var. gravesii as not worthy of taxonomic recognition as anything other than a form.
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA9, K4, NY, Pa, Va, Klooster et al (2018); > Prunus gravesii Small — F, G; > Prunus maritima Marshall — F, G, Tat; > Prunus maritima Marshall var. gravesii (Small) G.J.Anderson — NE; > Prunus maritima Marshall var. maritima — NE. Basionym: Prunus maritima Marshall 1785
Links to other floras: = Prunus maritima - FNA9
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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