Prunus spinosa L.
(Blackthorn, Sloe)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPrunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe)
GenusPrunus (plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry)
FamilyROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe) :
1: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe)
1 May 2006 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge, in flower . Photos: Flowering blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge & flowers - close-up
Image 1: Blackthorn flowers - close-upImage 2: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge - in flowerImage 3: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge - in flower (2)Image 4: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge - in flower (3)Image 5: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge - in flower - end viewImage 6: Blackthorn scrub - flowers against the skyImage 7: Blackthorn scrub - in flower
2: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe)
9 Apr 2006 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge, in bud . Photos: Blackthorn scrub (in bud) advancing from hedge & flower buds - close-up
Image 1: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedgeImage 2: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge (2)Image 3: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge (3)Image 4: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge (4)Image 5: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge (5)Image 6: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge (6)Image 7: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge - end viewImage 8: Blackthorn scrub advancing from hedge - end view (2)Image 9: Flower buds - close-upImage 10: Flower buds - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Flower buds - close-up - enlarged (2)
3: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe)
8 Apr 2002 OSGR: SU09 51° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Flower buds - close-upImage 2: FlowersImage 3: Flowers (2)Image 4: Flowers and buds - close-upImage 5: Flowers - close-upImage 6: Line of flowering Sloes
4: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe)
16 Apr 2000 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Flower - close-upImage 2: Flowering bushesImage 3: FlowersImage 4: Flowers and flower buds - close-upImage 5: Flowers - close-upImage 6: Flowers - close-up (2)Image 7: Flowers - close-up (3)Image 8: Flowers - close-up (4)
5: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe)
4 Mar 1998 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Flower buds on winter twigImage 2: Winter twig with flower budsImage 3: Winter twig with flower buds (2)Image 4: Winter twig with flower buds (3)
6: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe)
21 Apr 1974 OSGR: SE65 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W England
Image 1: Hedgerow plant - in flowerImage 2: Flowers - enlarged

Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 108 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn, Sloe)
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