The Indian Plum

by Samantha, grade 3

The Indian Plum's leaves are a light green and yellow. This flower is a shade of light green and white. The Indian-plum grows in the Western United States at low elevations. The Indian Plum blooms in February and early March. The Indian Plum was eaten by the Indians. If you would eat the Indian Plum flower nothing would happen because it is a fruit. Birds like to eat the fruit from this flower.

Scientific Name: Oemleria Cerasiformis

Source:
Mathews, Daniel. Cascade-Olympic Natural History. Raven Editions, 1988.