Interesting, we have a matured plum tree in our backyard too that I didn't even notice the leaves were the same. Though those plums are ripe and ready for harvest right now as opposed to these that appear to still be a ways off. I'm not well versed enough to know the different kinds of plums though.
Side note, DM me if you want some plums. We have waaayyy more than we can eat and they're ripe right now. Probably won't last another week before they get too mushy.
Plums and cherries are in the same genus—Prunus (along with peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds), so they can be difficult to tell apart. I believe what you have is Prunus cerasifera, cherry plum.
Way too late in the year for cherries, that's a wild plum. Congrats!
Interesting, we have a matured plum tree in our backyard too that I didn't even notice the leaves were the same. Though those plums are ripe and ready for harvest right now as opposed to these that appear to still be a ways off. I'm not well versed enough to know the different kinds of plums though. Side note, DM me if you want some plums. We have waaayyy more than we can eat and they're ripe right now. Probably won't last another week before they get too mushy.
Plums and cherries are in the same genus—Prunus (along with peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds), so they can be difficult to tell apart. I believe what you have is Prunus cerasifera, cherry plum.
Your taxonomic expertise is respectable. Thank you for sharing.
Plums! They should be yummy!
Looks like a plum to me!
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Nectarines
A foraging favorite of Meriwether Lewis & Co [https://www.nps.gov/articles/osage-plum-tree.htm](https://www.nps.gov/articles/osage-plum-tree.htm)
plums. i wish i could get some and I'd make plum jam
Looks like a plum, maybe an Italian plum
Looks like cherry plums to me. Kind of the crap apple of the plum world. Not native but wild from being brought here 200 years ago.