There is a bit of a range overlap of American plum (Prunus americana) and Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia). American plum has more of a northern range and Chickasaw plum more of a souther range.Angustifolia, the species name for Chickasaw plum, means narrow-leaved which was one of the details we used to distinguish them! Additionally, the margins are typically more sharply serrated in American plum than Chickasaw plum.We get ripe Chickasaw plum fruit in May in Alabama, but I believe that Ame

Does frost kill young american wild plum (Prunus americana)? #foraging #wildplum #prunus | Feral Foraging

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I was pretty thrilled to find my first ripe American plums (Prunus americana) of the season the other day outside Boulder, Colorado. They are quite terrible underripe, but quite delicious once the fruit has some give. I learned a bit about judging ripeness from a friend some years back—look for plums that have just started dropping to the ground. You can pick them up from the ground and from the tree. If gathering from the tree, they should be dropping at the slightest touch. That said, if you g

The cauliflower mushroom (Sparassis americana) is edible… but alas, this one is NOT. (btw i misspoke but forgot to refilm — S. crispa is a European species!) #mushroomauntie #mushroomedu #cauliflowermushroom | chaoticforager