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Prunus avium

(L.) L.
Tracheophyta » Rosales » Rosaceae » Prunus avium
Common name (English)
Cherry tree
Common name (Greek)
Κερασιά
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
Global distribution

Azerbaijan, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Baleares, England, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Corsica, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, France, Channel Isl., Germany, Georgia [Caucasus], Greece, East Aegaean Isl., Ireland, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Andorra, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Macedonia, Moldavia, Norway, Poland, Northern Caucasus, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia & Kosovo, Sweden, Turkey (Anatolia), Crimea, Ukraine, Cyprus (I), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), Uzbekistan (I), Kazakhstan (I), Turkmenistan (I), Tajikistan (I), Belarus, Japan (I), Australia (I) (South Australia (I), New South Wales (I)), China (I) (Hebei (I), Jiangsu (I), Liaoning (I), Shandong (I)), Korea (I), Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, WN-Anatolia), European Turkey, Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, W-Iran), Afghanistan (c), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Sikkim (I), India (I) (Darjeeling (I)), Pakistan (I), USA (I) (California (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kentucky (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Montana (I), North Carolina (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), Tennessee (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I), Wyoming (I)), Canada (I) (British Columbia (I), New Brunswick (I), Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Quebec (I)), Argentina (I) 52770 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: An adventve species in Cyprus, frequently found as an escape from cultivation on the Troodos mountain range (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1957
Impacts
Negative

Listed as invasive by Hand et al. (2011-2020).

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (Eds) (2011) – (continuously updated): Flora of Cyprus – a dynamic checklist. Published at http://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/; accessed 22nd May 2020

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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