The Allegheny Plum is a species of New World plum, native to North America

North America

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Identification

The leaves are two to three and a half inches 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 half an inch wide, with a whitish bloom.
The tree normally is about five to twenty feet tall with a diameter rarely exceeding half a foot.

Habitat

P. alleghaniensis is not common in moist woodlands. It is typically found in elevations between 1200 and 2000 feet.
The species is most common in south western Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, with some smaller notable populations in West Virginia

West Virginia

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, Tennessee

Tennessee

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, and Connecticut

Connecticut

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