Prunus campanulata
Environmental Weed (2024)
Common names
bell-flowered cherry, Taiwan cherry
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Detailed description
Deciduous small tree up to 8 m high. Leaves cherry-like, usually 60-130 by 20-60 mm, thin and on 12-20 mm petioles. Leaves rounded at base, broadly elliptic with sharp point at tip, small teeth along entire leaf margin. Deep red bell-shaped flowers in clusters of 2-3. Fruit up to 12 x 10 mm, glossy scarlet, glabrous.
Similar taxa
The bell shaped flowers distinguish this spp. from all other naturalised Prunus in NZ
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Rosaceae
Ecology
Flowering
July, August, September
Year naturalised
1988
Origin
East Asia
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Life cycle
Perennial.
Other information
Environmental Weed (2024)
This plant is named in a list of 386 environmental weeds in New Zealand 2024 prepared by DOC. 759 candidate species were considered for inclusion on this new comprehensive list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. The species considered were drawn from published lists of weed species, lists of plants that must be reported or managed by law if observed, existing national and regional programmes and agreements for pest management, and species already managed by the Department of Conservation (DOC). Candidate species were then assessed to see if they were fully naturalised and whether they have more than minor impacts in natural ecosystems. Read the full report here.
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
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