Canadian Plum

Prunus nigra Aiton - Rose family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 30.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: White, Pink

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Canadian Plum: Acronicta superans, Alsophila pometaria, Characoma nilotica, Erannis tiliaria, Hyphantria cunae, Lophocampa maculata, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma californica lutescens, Pandemis canadana, Satyrium liparops, Satyrium liparops strigosum, Sphinx chersis, Synanthedon pictipes

Native Range

USA: Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Vermont, Wisconsin
CAN: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.