Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas; introduced into Tennessee (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

April 26, 2008

Location

United States, Texas, Harris (Houston)

29.8595, -95.161083

Location Remarks

Sheldon Lake State Park, 15315 Beaumont Highway, Houston

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 16, 2010

Location

United States, Florida (Marie Selby Botanical Gardens)

Location Remarks

811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Prunus

Specific Epithet

caroliniana

Authorship

(Mill.) Aiton

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 21.7

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.0

Global rank

#41,260 of 335,497

Top 13%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →