Calflora Taxon Report
Prunus virginiana  L.  var. melanocarpa  (A. Nelson) Sarg.

(not an active name)
Black chokecherry
photo on CalPhotos
2002 University of California Museum of Paleontology
Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa is a tree or shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Bloom Period
Parent: Prunus virginiana
Genus: Prunus
Family: Rosaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Toxicity: Do not eat the seed, leaf or stem of this plant.

Wetlands:
Arid West: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
 		Alternate Names:
PLANTSPadus melanocarpa
PLANTSPadus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa
PLANTSPrunus melanocarpa
PLANTSPrunus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa
OTHERPrunus virginiana var. demissa
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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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