Northwest Native Plants   Indian Plum

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Indian Plum - oemleria cerasiformis

Appearance

  • Leaves: Long pointy tips on leaves
  • Flowers: Whitish, fragrant, in narrow, pendent clusters
  • Grow five †fifteen feet tall
 Indian Plum

Habitat

  • grows in shrub swamps
  • grows by steam banks

Indian Plum

Growth Habit

  • It is a perennial
  • Fruit grows in March to April

Natural History

  • Birds use for food,they eat the berries
  • Cawlitz Indians used it for food by drying the berries
  • The Indian Plum is the first native shrub to get new leaves each spring