Big shrub / small tree

[E_308]

Found this one today trying to dove hunt in northwest Missouri. Type of plum?

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[Native Hunter]

Prunus Americana. Ripening right on time (typically August - September).

 

[E_308]

I am thinking this might be a good candidate for my road screen on my new piece. Scatter a few oaks in with it for height.

 

[Native Hunter]

I am thinking this might be a good candidate for my road screen on my new piece. Scatter a few oaks in with it for height.

But do you want food at a road screen? Could that be a problem sometime by drawing deer to be near the road? Other than that, I think they would make a good screen.

 

[E_308]

The coons will never let them hit the ground! The deer will have to walk through soybeans to get to them. Gravel road with light traffic. For some reason I very rarely see plums on the ones I have up north.

 

[TreeDaddy]

chickasaw plums make a great screen to divide large plots into smaller sections

They will form dense thickets

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[buckdeer1]

Those in the first pic don't have leaves like my chickasaw plums