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Japanese Alpine Cherry
Prunus nipponica
7 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
North Japanese hill cherryPrunus sargentiiStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Russia | 5 |
|---|---|
| Sakhalin Oblast | 5 |
| United States | 4 |
| Missouri | 2 |
| Illinois | 2 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies · Rosales |
| Family | rose family · Rosaceae |
| Genus | plums, cherries, and allies · Prunus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Japanese Alpine Cherry with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.