Tree · Rosaceae
Indian plum
Oemleria cerasiformis
Indian plum is recorded as native to 3 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 67 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Indian plum at a glance
- Native in
- 67 counties, across 3 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 10a PLANTS minimum temperature 28°F
- Mature height
- 5 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Sun to part shade Moisture use not recorded
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 10a. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of 28°F; zone 10a winters bottom out at 30°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
Indian plum is recorded as native to 3 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 67 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 67 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- California 29 counties
- Oregon 19 counties
- Washington 19 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record. “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 5 ft
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Shape
- Erect
- Lifespan
- Short
- Active growth period
- Not recorded
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Intermediate (sun to part shade)
- Moisture use
- Not recorded
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- Medium
- Precipitation range
- 16 to 33 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Not recorded
- pH range
- 5 to 7.2
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- Not recorded
- Salinity tolerance
- Low
- Fertility requirement
- Not recorded
- Minimum root depth
- Not recorded
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- 28°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 10a and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 207
- Fire tolerance
- Not recorded
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- White
- Showy flowers
- Yes
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Foliage color
- Green
- Showy in fall
- Yes
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- Purple
Other
- Toxicity
- Not recorded
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- Not recorded
- Family
- Rosaceae
- PLANTS symbol
- OECE
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Oemleria cerasiformis (PLANTS symbol OECE).
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources