NATCHEZ NATURALIST NEWSLETTER
Issued weekly by Jim Conrad from the forest and fields of the Sandy Creek Watershed 12 miles ESE of Natchez, Mississippi
March 7, 2004
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CHICKASAW PLUMS FLOWERING
Last Monday, on March 1st, the first blossoms of our Chickasaw Plums, PRUNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA, appeared. It was just two little, white blossoms inside an intricate tangle of spiny, dark stems, but what a pleasure it was to walk up to them, stick my nose next to them, and breathe in their perfume. What odor could be more pleasing than that of wild plum blossoms on a spring morning when the air was warm, moist, and also redolent of mud and crushed grass? Auburn University's Chickasaw Plum page, with pictures you can click on for enlargement, can be visited at
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