Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
First record: Mrs EM Walker, 1907
See also The cherries and plums of Cambridgeshire, PD Sell, Nat. in Camb. (1991)33:29-39.
[Prunus] cerasifera, Coombe 1988 Cambridgeshire Hedge CUBG summer shoots 3.9.1992. DE Coombe Herbarium.]
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TL15, GMS Easy, 1979.
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First tree on side of Trap Road as entering Guilden Morden from Steeple Morden, 284.435, PD Sell 87/312a, 312 & JG Murrell, 27.2.1987,CGE.
On W side of the Trap Road, Guilden Morden, 284.435, PD Sell 87/17, 17.4.1987, CGE.
On W side of the Trap Road, Guilden Morden, 283.436, PD Sell 87/18a,b, 1.8.1987, CGE.
var. cerasifera, At least 7 large trees in hedge round a field by the Trap Road, Guilden Morden, 28-43-; many small bits in hedgerows which do not look as though they were planted. There are other large trees and many hedgerow bushes over the rest of Guilden Morden. The trees are a mass of blossom, PD Sell, 24.2.1990.
var. cerasifera, Between the two bends as you enter Steeple Morden from Litlington, 293.426, PD Sell, 24.2.1990.
Tadlow, L Brown, E Norman et al., 10./8.1996, [R].
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Gamlingay, TG Tutin, c. 1932.
Opposite east lodge of Park, garden, Hatley St George, in flower, DE Coombe, 14.4.1987.
var. cerasifera, Gamlingay, hedge between Merton Manor Farm and Millbridge brook, 243.521, DE Coombe, 20.3.1989.
Gamlingay, C Turner, 12.9.1993, [R].
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Bassingbourn, in fruit, PD Sell, 7.1947; 1990, [R].
34Z, GMS Easy, 1970+.
Between Mettle Hill and Donkey Hall, Meldreth, N side of road, in old hedge on edge of orchard, covered with greenish-yellow plums in 1987, very old tree, young ones in hedge on S side of road, PD Sell, 12.3.1988.
var. cerasifera, Near Mettle Hill, Meldreth, PD Sell, 3.3.1990.
var. cerasifera, Hedgerow by A.603, Wimpole, 334.487, PD Sell, 22.2.1990.
var. cerasifera, In hedge by Brook Road, just in Litlington parish, 324.435, PD Sell, 24.2.1990.
var. cerasifera, By the road out of Litlington to Steeple Morden, 309.427, PD Sell, 24.2.1990.
var. cerasifera, Wendy, hedge, PD Sell, 27.2.1990; still in flower with leaves at Wendy, PD Sell, 5.3.1990.
var. cerasifera, Whaddon, PD Sell, 5.3.1990.
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Kingston, a very interesting orchard of rows of apple and cherry plum, just S
of Bourn Brook, W of Caldecote road & N of old railway arch, for c. 150 m, 346.560,
? some second generation P. cerasifera possibly seedlings; also hedge of
a little orchard on S side of Southsea House, 346.552, DE Coombe, 19.3.1989.
? Great Eversden, possibly by the moats near Manor Farm but access denied, c. 360.537, DE Coombe, 19.3.1989.
Little Eversden, one standard tree near Church entrance, 374.534; hedge between bungalows near Wheatsheaf, 'Willow Brook' and 'Quo Vadis'. 377.527, DE Coombe, 20.3.1989.
Longstowe, N side of drive to church, 312.555, one bush, DE Coombe, 17.3.1989.
Caxton, in 10m. of hedge on E side of Peter Street, with Lycium, Symphoricarpos, 302.586, DE Coombe, 12.3.1989.
Caxton, one big, many-stemmed tree on right of start of Gransden Road just off A.14 at 304.582 [?304.580] ? orchard relict, DE Coombe, 17.3.1989.
Caxton End, Bourn, c. 40m hedge with Lycium and Symphoricarpos, c. 321.571, SW side of road, DE Coombe, 20.3.1989.
Caldecote, in relict orchards with apple and plum on both sides of road, at Highfields, No 91, The Gables and in orchard (ex Oak Farm?), 355.589, DE Coombe, 18 & 19.3.1989.
var. cerasifera, Harlton, 2 magnificent orchard standards in back garden of Elm Cottage, S of High Street, 389.523; a scrap in an orchard hedge along road by Drift Cottage, 380.524, DE Coombe, 17.3.1989.
var. cerasifera, Orwell? apple & cherry plum orchard relic between Malton road and Lilac Farm, f. PD Sell, not easily accessible, c. 370.503, DE Coombe, 20.3.1989.
var. cerasifera, Arrington, opposite Hardwick Arms, 328.502, one fine standard (?ex orchard), DE Coombe, 17.3.1989.
var. cerasifera, Comberton, hedge in Main street just E of South Street crossing, 382.563; one small tree from base of an almond, 73 Swaynes Lane, 387.562, DE Coombe, 17 & 18.3.1989.
var. cerasifera, Hardwick, very little near Old Rectory Farm, 150m NE of Church, 374.587; hedge along old A.45, on E & W sides of a paddock, c. 369.597; on boundary with Caldecote, c. 300m W of roundabout on A.45, 364.597, DE Coombe, 3.1989.
Bourn, H Dean, 1993, [R].
Hedge at cross roads, Comberton, PJ Conder, 14.4.1985, [R].
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Lolworth, 366.641, many bushes in flower in old hedges and elsewhere in the village, SE & TCE Wells, 28.2.1993, [R].
Swavesey, R Payne, 31.5.1993, [R].
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The Gault, Honeysome Road bridge, 386.861, C Turner, J Green, and JO Mountford, 28.5.1991.
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Great Chishill, UC Watson, 1975.
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Dominant in hedges of Grange Road, S of Ickleton and in field hedges N of road, 4640.4185, AC Leslie, 13.8.2001. Fruits red, yellow and deep purple on separate bushes.
Coploe Hill chalk pit, 24.5.1959, PJ Bourne ann.CTW
Heydon chalk pit, UC Watson, 1975.
var. cerasifera, Whittlesford, PD Sell, 2.3.1990.
Whittlesford, 47-48-, R Payne, 7.8.1993, [R].
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St Edmund's House, Cambridge, H Gilbert-Carter, 5.1932, CGE.
Hedge on road between Cambridge and Barton, EF Warburg, 1940.
Barton, 409.553, planted, PD Sell, 13.3.1988.
Barton Road, Cambridge, 43-57-, PD Sell, 13.3.1988.
var. cerasifera, In hedgerows and as large trees, along Barton Road, Cambridge, PD Sell, 26.2.1990.
Several trees on bridlepath, Barton, 415.559, J Benfield det. PD Sell, 9.1994, [R].
Cultivated: 25 Gilbert Road, Cambridge, M Block, 22.7.1982, CGE.
Small tree in garden of 27 Gilbert Road, Cambridge, 452.598, M Block, 16.8.1987, CGE.
By pedestrian crossing on Fen Causeway, 447.576, M Block, 26.3.1991, [R].
Old railway, Long Road, GMS Easy, 1987.
By Lime Kiln Road, Cherry Hinton, as P. cerasus, G.Crompton, 24.8.1992, det. DE Coombe, CGE.
Harston, planted, 431.519, 431.519, PD Sell, 13.3.1988.
Little Shelford, 449.517, planted, PD Sell, 13.3.1988; mainly Whittlesford Road, M Powell, 1991, [R].
Hinton Way/Babraham Road, Great Shelford, L Bacon, 11.7.1994, [R].
Wandlebury, 493.534, JG Murrell & PD Sell, 16.3.1988.
var. cerasifera, Grantchester, PD Sell, 26.2.1990.
var. cerasifera, Opposite Stapleford Church, PD Sell, 2.3.1990.
Fox Hill, 482.532, L Bacon, 28.5.1994, [R].
Stapleford Parish Pit, 487.529, D Wells, G Crompton & S Hearle, 15.4.1997, [R].
Haslingfield old clunch pit, 40-51-, PH Oswald, 1987.
Coton, RH Richens, 13.5.1996, [R].
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Entrance to Monksilver Nursery, Cottenham, JL Sharman det. AC Leslie, 1991, [R].
Impington, 46K, 46L, J Bevan, 5.4.1992, [R].
SE part of village, H Dean & E Steel. 17.8.2002, [R].
Chesterton railway sidings, GMS Easy, 1999, [R].
N end of Fen Ditton village, AC Leslie with C Ferry, 15.6.2002, [R].
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Doddington Wood, TG Tutin, 1932.
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Near Balsham, TG Tutin, 1939.
Balsham Wood, (presumably planted in row), 590.497, SM Walters, 6.5.1953, CGE.
Hildersham Wood, 535.457, A Arbon, G Crompton & P Stebbings, 27.6.1992, [R].
Borley Wood, 58-47-, L Farrell et al., 24.4.1993, [R].
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Near Fulbourne, Mrs EM Walker, 1907, with flowers, det. FH Perring 8.2.1971, CGE.
Hedge between Cherry Hinton & Fulbourn, H Gilbert-Carter, 5.1932, CGE.
Common in hedges around Fulbourndoes not flower, TG Tutin, 1932.
Balsham, R Payne, 31.7.1992, [R].
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Egg-shaped cherry plum hedge alongside Swan House, Abbey Lane, end near Commercial End, Swaffham Bulbeck, 558.633, G Crompton, 8.8.1987, CGE.
Abbey Lane, abundant in hedge with Lycium chinense, 558.633, G Crompton, 8.1994, [R].
Bottisham and Swaffham Bulbeck, flowering exceptionally well in hedgerows and old orchards, G Crompton, CP, Feb. & March, 1988.
Swaffham Bulbeck, 534.666, GMS Easy, 3.1992, [R].
3 large old trees in old orchard, 103 Commercial End, Swaffham Bulbeck, G Crompton, 2002.
var. cerasifera, Swaffham Prior Fen, 534.666, GMS Easy, 3.1992.
Bendyshe Moat, 544.603, K Tucker & E Norman, 7.5.1996, [R].
Devil's Ditch, Burwell road edge of scrub on SW side, 3 tall trees in flower, G Crompton, 4.4.1988.
Horningsea, 56B, AC Leslie & H Temple, 14.9.2002, [R].
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var. cerasifera, Dimmock's Cote, 538.722, one small tree, GMS Easy, 3.1992.
Cherry Hill area, 542.799, B Smith et al., 26.7.1993, [R].
Banks of Ouse wash, Barway, R Payne, 18.9.1992, [R].
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TL64, ME Smith, 1975.
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Lopham's Wood, H Gilbert Carter and TG Tutin, 1932.
Small woods E of Carlton Green, H Gilbert Carter & TG Tutin, 1932.
Saxon Street, R Payne, 7.6.1991, [R].
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One specimen in scrub by footpath of Devil's Ditch, 619.613, JO Mountford, 25.4.1970; not found, Cttee Walk, 4.5.1977.
On Devil's Ditch, by school near A.11, Cttee Walk, 19.4.1982.
Snailwell, shelterbelt, 647.675, G Crompton, 30.7.1986; abundant large bushes beside track to A.14, with red fruits, yellow fruits and with Mirabelles, G Crompton and GMS Easy, 24.7.2002.
Ashley village, R Payne, 15.5.1991, [R].
Burwell, 602.638, MJ O'Leary, 11.6.1990, [R].
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Shippea Hill, 61-83-, FH Perring, 5.1955.
Littleport, K Tucker, 1991, [R].
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Thorney, 45-58-, G Crompton & R Payne,
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Old Eau Field, Tydd St Giles, Vc 53 in Cambs, 44-17, D Wells, H Dean & M Hardy, 22.8.1998, [R].
Newton, GMS Easy, 1.4.1988, [R].
