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Cherries and Plums
(Prunus)
Cherries and plums belong to a genus that includes apricots, peaches, nectarines, and almonds. Collectively, they are called "stone fruits" because they have fleshy fruits with a single, large seed inside. Two other distinctive feature are small glands that occur on the base of the leaf or on the petiole (leaf stalk), and stipules - small, leafy "ears" that occur where the petiole joins the twig.North America contains almost 30 native species of this genus, but only three are native to Oregon - two cherries and one plum.
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