Dwarf Flowering Almond

Prunus glandulosa

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light: 4 or more hours of direct sun

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 6 Alabama counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

273CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Prunus

Automeris ioIo Moth
Callosamia prometheaPromethea Moth
Celastrina ladonSpring Azure
Hemaris thysbeHummingbird Clearwing
Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Moth
Limenitis arthemisRed-spotted Purple
Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
Abagrotis alternataGreater Red Dart, Mottled Grey Cutworm
Abagrotis magnicupidaOne-Dotted Dart
Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth

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Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
Acoloithus rectariusUpright Acoloithus Moth
Acrobasis indigenellaLeaf Crumpler
Acrobasis vacciniiCranberry Fruitworm
Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
Acronicta clarescensClear Dagger
Acronicta funeralisFunerary Dagger, Paddle Caterpillar
Acronicta hastaSpeared Dagger, Cherry Dagger, Dart Dagger
Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
Acronicta interruptaInterrupted Dagger
Acronicta longaLong-Winged Dagger, Darkish Dagger
Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
Acronicta radcliffeiRadcliffe's Dagger
Actias lunaLuna Moth
Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
Aethalura intertextaFour-Barred Gray
Agnippe prunifoliellaSkunk Twirler
Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
Anacampsis innocuellaDark-Headed Aspen Leafroller Moth
Anatrachyntis badiaFlorida Pink Scavanger Caterpillar
Anatrachyntis rileyiPink Scavanger Caterpillar
Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
Ancylis burgessianaOak Leafroller
Anisota stigmaSpiny Oakworm Moth, Stigma Moth
Antaeotricha leucillanaWell-Marked Leaf Tier, Pale Gray Bird-Dropping Moth
Antepione thisoariaVariable Antepione
Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
Apantesis naisNais Tiger Moth
Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
Archips rileyanaSouthern Ugly-Nest Caterpillar Moth
Argyresthia oreasellaCherry Shoot Borer
Argyrostrotis anilisShort-Lined Chocolate
Argyrotaenia juglandanaHickory Leafroller
Argyrotaenia marianaGray-Banded Leafroller Moth
Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
Artace cribrariusDot-Lined White Moth
Balsa malanaMany-Dotted Balsa, Many-Dotted Appleworm
Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
Bleptina caradrinalisBent-Winged Owlet, Variable Snout
Cabera variolariaPink-Striped Willow Spanworm Moth, Vestal Moth, The Vestal
Callophrys augustinusThe Brown Elfin
Callophrys henriciHenry's Elfin
Callosamia anguliferaTulip-Tree Silkmoth
Catocala clintoniiClinton's Underwing
Catocala crataegiHawthorne Underwing, Thorn Underwing
Catocala gryneaWoody Underwing
Catocala miraWonderful Underwing
Catocala pretiosaPrecious Underwing, Texarkana Underwing
Catocala ultroniaUltronia Underwing
Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
Cenopis diluticostanaSpring Dead-Leaf Roller Moth, Oak Cenopis
Cenopis directanaChokecherry Leafroller Moth
Cenopis pettitanaMaple-Basswood Leafroller Moth
Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
Cepphis decolorariaDark Scallop Moth
Cerastis tenebriferaReddish Speckled Dart
Ceratomia amyntorElm Sphinx
Cerma cerinthaTufted Bird-Dropping Moth, Cherry Agate
Cerma coraThe Agate
Chaetaglaea sericeaSilky Sallow
Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
Citheronia regalisRoyal Walnut Moth, Hickory Horned Devil
Cleora projectaProjecta Gray
Cleora sublunariaDouble-Lined Gray
Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
Coleophora laticornellaPecan Cigar Casebearer
Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
Cydia latiferreanaFilbertworm
Dasychira meridionalisSouthern Tussock Moth
Dasychira obliquataStreaked Tussock Moth
Dasychira tephraTephra Tussock Moth
Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
Dichomeris ligulellaPalmerworm
Dyspteris abortivariaThe Bad-Wing, Badwing
Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
Egira alternansAlternate Woodling
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Ennomos magnariaMaple Spanworm Moth, Notchwing Geometer
Ephestiodes infimellaReddish Ephestiodes
Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer
Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
Euchlaena amoenariaDeep Yellow Euchlaena
Euchlaena deductariaForked Euchlaena
Euchlaena johnsonariaJohnson's Euchlaena
Euchlaena muzariaMuzaria Euchlaena
Euchlaena obtusariaObtuse Euchlaena
Eucirroedia pampinaScalloped Sallow
Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
Eulithis diversilineataLesser Grapevine Looper Moth
Eumacaria madopataBrown-Bordered Geometer
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Eupsilia cirripaleaFranclemont's Sallow
Eupsilia morrisoniMorrison's Sallow
Eupsilia vinulentaStraight-Toothed Sallow
Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
Euzophera semifuneralisAmerican Plum Borer
Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
Furcula borealisWhite Furcula
Glena cognatariaBlueberry Gray
Glena cribratariaDotted Gray
Grapholita packardiCherry Fruit Worm
Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
Haploa clymeneClymene Moth
Haploa colonaColona Moth
Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
Haploa reversaReversed Haploa
Harrisimemna trisignataHarris's Three-Spot
Hedya separatanaPink-Washed Leafroller Moth
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Herpetogramma thestealisZigzag Herpetogramma, Subtle-Feathered Grass Moth
Homorthodes furfurataNorthern Scurfy Quaker
Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Hypercompe scriboniaGiant Leopard Moth, Great Leopard Moth
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Idia aemulaCommon Idia
Iridopsis defectariaBrown-Shaded Gray, Willow Looper
Iridopsis ephyrariaPale-Winged Gray
Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
Iridopsis larvariaBent-Line Gray
Isa textulaCrowned Slug
Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
Lambdina fervidariaCurve-Lined Looper Moth
Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
Limenitis archippusViceroy
Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
Lithophane bethuneiBethune's Pinion
Lithophane patefactaDiomorphic Pinion, Branded Pinion
Lithophane petulcaWanton Pinion
Lithophane querqueraShivering Pinion
Lithophane viridipallensPale Green Pinion
Lochmaeus manteoVariable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
Lomographa glomerariaGray Spring Moth
Lomographa semiclarataBluish Spring Moth, Wildcherry Looper
Lomographa vestaliataWhite Spring Moth
Lycia ypsilonWoolly Gray
Macaria coortariaFour-Spotted Angle, Four-Spotted Granite
Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
Megalopyge crispataBlack-Waved Flannel Moth, Crinkled Flannel Moth
Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
Megalopyge pyxidiferaYellow Flannel Moth
Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
Metarranthis angulariaAngled Metarranthis
Metarranthis duariaRuddy Metarranthis
Metarranthis obfirmariaYellow-Washed Metarranthis
Metaxaglaea australisSouthern Sallow
Metaxaglaea viaticaRoadside Sallow
Monoleuca semifasciaPin-Striped Vermilion Slug
Moodna ostrinellaDarker Moodna
Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
Morrisonia evictaBicolored Woodgrain
Morrisonia latexFluid Arches, Fluid Mamestra
Nadata gibbosaWhite-Dotted Prominent
Natada nasoniNason's Slug Moth
Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
Nemoria bistriariaTwo-Striped Emerald, Red-Fringed Emerald
Nemoria mimosariaWhite-Fringed Emerald
Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
Oedemasia semirufescensRed-Washed Prominent
Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
Olethreutes inornatanaInornate Olethreutes
Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock Moth
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Orthodes cynicaCynical Quaker, Cynical Groundcat
Orthosia alurinaGray Quaker
Orthosia garmaniGarman's Quaker
Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
Orthosia rubescensRuby Quaker
Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
Pandemis lamprosanaWoodgrain Leafroller
Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
Panopoda rufimargoRed-Lined Panopoda
Paonias astylusHuckleberry Sphinx
Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
Paonias myopsSmall-Eyed Sphinx
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Papilio troilusSpicebush Swallowtail
Parasa chlorisSmaller Parasa, Green Slug Moth
Parasa indeterminaStinging Rose Caterpillar Moth, Rose Slug Caterpillar
Pero ancetariaHubner's Pero
Pero honestariaHonest Pero
Pero morrisonariaMorrison's Pero
Petrophora subaequariaLeaping Looper, Northern Petrophora
Phaeoura quernariaOak Beauty Moth
Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
Phigalia titeaThe Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
Phlogophora periculosaBrown Angle Shades
Phobetron pitheciumHag Moth, Monkey Slug
Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
Phyllonorycter propinquinellaCherry Blotch Leaf Miner
Plagodis fervidariaFervid Plagodis
Plagodis phlogosariaStraight-Lined Plagodis
Plagodis pulverariaAmerican Barred Umber, Barred Umber
Plagodis serinariaLemon Plagodis
Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
Pococera aplastellaAspen Webworm Moth
Prionapteryx nebuliferaClouded Veneer Moth
Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
Probole alienariaDogwood Probole, Alien Probole
Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesTufted Thyatirid
Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
Rheumaptera prunivorataFerguson's Scallop Shell, Cherry Scallop Shell
Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
Satyrium titusCoral Hairstreak
Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
Scolecocampa liburnaDead-Wood Borer
Scopula inductataSoft-Lined Wave
Scopula limboundataLarge Lace-Border
Sericaglaea signataVariable Sallow
Smerinthus jamaicensisTwin-Spotted Sphinx
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Sphinx drupiferarumWild Cherry Sphinx
Sphinx kalmiaeFawn Sphinx, Laurel Sphinx
Spilosoma dubiaDubious Tiger Moth
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Sunira bicoloragoBicolored Sallow
Synanthedon exitiosaPeachtree Borer Moth, Western Peachtree Borer
Synanthedon pictipesLesser Peachtree Borer Moth
Synanthedon scitulaDogwood Borer, Pecan Borer
Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
Tetracis crocallataYellow Slant-Line
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Tolype velledaLarge Tolype, Large Lappet Moth, Vellada Lappet Moth
Tortricidia flexuosaAbbreviated Button Slug Moth
Tortricidia pallidaRed-Cross Button Slug
Tortricidia testaceaEarly Button Slug
Tricholita signataSignate Quaker, Signate Groundcat
Utetheisa ornatrixOrnate Moth, Pink Underwing, Rattlebox Moth, Bella Moth
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Xylesthia pruniramiellaClemens' Bark Moth, Speckled Xylesthia
Xystopeplus rufagoRed-Winged Sallow
Zale calycanthataDouble-Banded Zale
Zale lunataLunate Zale
Zanclognatha marthaPine Barrens Zanclognatha, Pine Barrens Fan-Foot
Acleris placidana
Adoneta bicaudata
Astala confederata
Chionodes adamas
Eupithecia swettii
Xenotemna pallorana

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Prunus

Andrena melanochroa

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

36BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Prunus

Bombycilla cedrorumCedar Waxwing
Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
Aphelocoma californicaCalifornia Scrub-Jay
Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal
Catharus fuscescensVeery
Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
Catharus minimus/bicknelliGray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush

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Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak
Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
Columba liviaRock Pigeon
Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican Crow
Cyanocitta stelleriSteller's Jay
Euphagus cyanocephalusBrewer's Blackbird
Hylocichla mustelinaWood Thrush
Icterus bullockiiBullock's Oriole
Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee
Myadestes townsendiTownsend's Solitaire
Patagioenas fasciataBand-tailed Pigeon
Pheucticus melanocephalusBlack-headed Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
Sialia mexicanaWestern Bluebird
Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
Sphyrapicus variusYellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird
Vireo gilvusWarbling Vireo
Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo
Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Rosaceae

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Alabama rank	SNA
Global rank	Not available
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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