Prunus alleghaniensis, the Allegheny plum, is a species of New World plum, native to the Appalachian Mountains.
Prunus alleghaniensis is a shrub or small tree 3– tall. The leaves are 2to long, the tip is usually long and pointed. The leaf margins are finely toothed. The twigs sometimes have thorns. The bark is fissured in older specimens. The flowers are plentiful and white, eventually turning pink. The dark reddish purple fruit is NaNinches wide, with a whitish bloom.[1]
The species is native to the Appalachian Mountains from New York to Kentucky and North Carolina, plus the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. There are old reports of it growing also in New Jersey and Connecticut, but it now appears to have been extirpated in those two states.[2] [3] [4] [5] It is typically found in elevations between 1200and.
It is not common in moist woodlands.
The fruit is made into preserves and jelly.[6]
