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Sighting 3376021

Prunus sp.

A Plum at Garran, ACT

Prunus sp. at Garran, ACT - 15 Apr 2017 12:00 AM
Prunus sp. at Garran, ACT - 15 Apr 2017 12:00 AM
Prunus sp. at Garran, ACT - 15 Apr 2017 12:00 AM
Prunus sp. at Garran, ACT - 15 Apr 2017 12:00 AM
Prunus sp. at Garran, ACT - 15 Apr 2017 12:00 AM
Prunus sp. at Garran, ACT - 15 Apr 2017 12:00 AM
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Identification history

Prunus sp. 19 Apr 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 15 Apr 2017 ruthkerruish

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I feel I should know this one! This is the first time I have seen this woody weed in the Woodland.

5 comments

Mike wrote:
   18 Apr 2017
Some Prunus species have spines like this but I couldn't say which one this is. I will try to find my photos of one in Mugga, which had blossoms.
ruthkerruish wrote:
   18 Apr 2017
Some Prunus rootstocks may have spines and if they sucker they can grow as a plant. Citrus rootstock may also be thorny.
ruthkerruish wrote:
   18 Apr 2017
Prunus spinosa (blackthorn) has spines on branches is an environmental weed in some parts of Australia..
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   20 Apr 2017
Ruth, at first I thought it may be one of the hawthorn species planted in Woden and which we have had as weeds on Red Hill, (Cockspur Hawthorn - Crataegus crus-galli or Washington Thorn Crataegus phaenopyrum) but the leaves are wrong. I'm pretty sure it is a Plum, possibly Prunus Americana.
ruthkerruish wrote:
   20 Apr 2017
I think it is a plum too - Prunus Americana is/has been used as rootstock.

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Additional information

  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

  • Prunus sp. Scientific name
  • A Plum Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Minor weed or pest
  • Up to 1193.12m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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