prunus geniculata – Johnny Butterflyseed

Johnny Butterflyseed Finds Scrub Plum (Prunus geniculata) Seedling in the Wild

Johnny — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:27:06 +0000

Johnny Butterflyseed has found a Scrub Plum (Prunus geniculata) seedling in the wild, an exceptionally rare occurrence. Scrub Plum seedlings are so rare that determining the causes of their rarity was the central focus of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recovery plan (USFWS, 1999). In annual censuses of ~900 scrub plum plants from 2002...

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Johnny Butterflyseed Submits Polk County’s First Scrub Plum Herbarium Specimen in Almost 34 Years

Johnny — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 21:52:30 +0000

The endangered Scrub Plum (prunus geniculata) is submitted by Johnny Butterflyseed to two Florida herbaria, the first for Polk County in a third of a century.

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Endocarp Removal Process for Scrub Plum

Johnny — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:02:43 +0000

Channel Lock pliers make the perfect tool for removing a Scrub Plum's endocarp.

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White-tailed Deer Photographed Consuming Rare Florida Endemic Shrub Fruit, Scrub Plum (prunus geniculata), Captured as Part of Life Study

Johnny — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:50:00 +0000

White-tailed deer likely play a pivotal role in seed dispersal of one of Florida's endangered shrubs

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Scrub Plum in Blossom, Probably Pollinated by a Hairy Maggot Blow Fly

Johnny — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:22:41 +0000

We found a Scrub Plum (prunus geniculata) being visited by a Hairy Maggot Blow Fly (chrysomya rufifacies) who, apparently, fuels on plum-flower nectar between carrion feasts. The hairs on the fly’s face, or even its proboscis, may pollinate the Scrub Plum’s beautiful flowers. While it is probable that this Blow Fly will pollinate the Scrub...

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