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hollyleaf cherry
Prunus ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) D.Dietr.
Prunus ilicifolia, or hollyleaf cherry, is an evergreen shrub/tree native to chaparral areas of California and northern Baja California with edible fruit after preparation.
Cherry laurel
Prunus laurocerasus L.
Prunus laurocerasus is a toxic evergreen ornamental tree or shrub widely grown in temperate gardens.
Portuguese laurel
Prunus lusitanica L.
Prunus lusitanica is an evergreen tree/shrub grown ornamentally, native to western Mediterranean and Macaronesia.
St Lucie Cherry
Prunus mahaleb L.
Prunus mahaleb (mahaleb cherry) is a deciduous tree/shurb grown ornamentally, for spice mahleb, and as cherry rootstock.
Beach Plum
Prunus maritima Marshall
Prunus maritima, the beach plum, is an edible North American coastal shrub grown commercially for its fruit.
Mexican Plum
Prunus mexicana S.Watson
Prunus mexicana is a North American plum tree with fragrant spring flowers and edible fall fruit, used for preserves and grafting rootstock.
Canada plum
Prunus nigra Aiton
Prunus nigra (Canada plum) is a cold-hardy North American wild plum, cultivated for fruit and valued by woodworkers for its colored wood.
bird cherry
Prunus padus L.
Prunus padus L. (bird cherry) is a Eurasian tree with two varieties that has edible cooked fruit and toxic foliage and stems.
fire cherry
Prunus pensylvanica L.fil.
Prunus pensylvanica (pin cherry) is a short-lived North American shrub or small tree adapted to regrow after disturbance.
Peach
Prunus persica (L.) Stokes
Prunus persica (peach) is a common deciduous fruit tree with a wide naturalized distribution across much of the world.
Dark spotted cherry
Prunus phaeosticta (Hance) Maxim.
Prunus phaeosticta, the dark-spotted cherry, is a plant native to East and Southeast Asia whose fruit is eaten by Formosan rock macaques.
sand cherry
Prunus pumila L.
Prunus pumila (sand cherry) is a North American deciduous rose-family shrub that grows in sandy habitats, with several recognized varieties.
Creek plum
Prunus rivularis Scheele
Prunus rivularis Scheele is a North American native cherry with bitter edible fruits that grows in well-drained slightly alkaline soils.
black cherry
Prunus serotina Ehrh.
Prunus serotina Ehrh. (black cherry) is a medium North American forest tree with edible fruit and valuable timber.
Japanese Cherry
Prunus serrulata Lindl.
Prunus serrulata (Japanese cherry) is a wild cherry species, with related widely cultivated ornamental hybrids called the Sato-zakura Group.
Brownstem Honeythorn
Prunus spinosa L.
Prunus spinosa (blackthorn) is a deciduous spiny shrub/tree native to Europe, west Asia, northwest Africa, known for its astringent sloes.
Dwarf Russian Almond
Prunus tenella Batsch
Prunus tenella, dwarf Russian almond, is a cold-hardy deciduous ornamental shrub native to parts of Eurasia.
Nanking Cherry
Prunus tomentosa Thunb.
Prunus tomentosa Thunb. (Nanking cherry) is a deciduous shrub cultivated for its edible fruit, ornamental value, and other practical uses.
chokecherry
Prunus virginiana L.
Prunus virginiana, or chokecherry, is a North American small tree or shrub with edible ripe fruit, toxic parts, and traditional Indigenous uses.
Low Baby's-breath
Psammophiliella muralis (L.) Ikonn.
Psammophiliella muralis is an annual flowering plant native to Eurasia and naturalized in parts of Asia and North America.
annual turtleback
Psathyrotes annua (Nutt.) A.Gray
Psathyrotes annua, also called annual psathyrotes, is an aster-family flowering plant native to the western United States that grows in desert and scrub areas.
Turtleback
Psathyrotes ramosissima (Torr.) A.Gray
Psathyrotes ramosissima is a low mounded desert plant native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico with yellow disc florets.
Persian knapweed
Psephellus dealbatus (Willd.) K.Koch
Psephellus dealbatus is an ornamental flowering plant in Asteraceae, native to Western Asia and introduced to parts of Europe and the US.
tree-skirt moss
Pseudanomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Ignatov & Fedosov
Pseudanomodon attenuatus is a wide-ranging moss species known by several common names, with classification varying by taxonomic authority.
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