Prunus alleghaniensis Porter var. alleghaniensis . Subgenus: Prunus. Allegheny Plum, Allegheny Sloe. Hab: Dry rocky woodlands, shale barrens, primarily over calcareous or mafic rocks. Dist: Broadly Appalachian: MA and NY south to w. VA, w. NC, and e. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Var. davisii (W. Wight) Sargent is endemic to MI.
Other Comments: Prunus alleghaniensis is generally considered difficult to distinguish from P. umbellata other than by distribution, and is lumped there by Rohrer (2014b) in FNA9.
Synonymy: = K1, K3, NE, Va; = Prunus alleghaniensis Porter – F; < Prunus alleghaniensis Porter – C, G, Pa, W, WV; < Prunus umbellata Elliott – FNA9, K4
Heliophily: 6
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