Sweet Almond
Prunus dulcis
Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus communis, Prunus dulcis var. amara
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- ![Flowers of Sweet Almond: Prunus dulcis (Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus communis, Prunus dulcis var. amara)](dulcis/dulcis03-31-2017d.jpg)
- ![Sweet Almond: Prunus dulcis (Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus communis, Prunus dulcis var. amara)](dulcis/dulcis03-31-2017f.jpg)
Sweet almond blooming along the east bank of the Deschutes River about one-half mile upstream from Old Highway 30, Columbia River Gorge.............March 31, 2017.
![Sweet Almond: Prunus dulcis (Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus communis, Prunus dulcis var. amara)](dulcis/dulcis1a.jpg)
Sweet almond photographed along the east bank of the Deschutes River about one-half mile upstream from Old Highway 30, Columbia River Gorge.............May 12, 2012.
![Leaves and developing fruits of Sweet Almond: Prunus dulcis (Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus communis, Prunus dulcis var. amara)](dulcis/dulcis1b.jpg)
- ![Ventral leaf surfaces of Sweet Almond: Prunus dulcis (Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus communis, Prunus dulcis var. amara)](dulcis/dulcis1d.jpg)
Close-up images of the develping, apricot-like fruits and upper (left) and lower (right) surfaces of the leaves of sweet almond. Photographed along the east bank of the Deschutes River about one-half mile upstream from Old Highway 30, Columbia River Gorge.............May 12, 2012.
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- ![Flowers of Sweet Almond: Prunus dulcis (Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus communis, Prunus dulcis var. amara)](dulcis/almond3b.jpg)
Sweet almond beginning to bloom at the Four Sisters (Columbia Land Trust) near The Dalles, Oregon..........March 28, 2013.
- ![Sweet Almond: Prunus dulcis (Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus communis, Prunus dulcis var. amara)](dulcis/dulcis2d.jpg)
- ![Drying fruit separating from seed coat of Sweet Almond: Prunus dulcis (Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus communis, Prunus dulcis var. amara)](dulcis/dulcis2c.jpg)
Additional close-up views of sweet almond as seen at the Four Sisters (Columbia Land Trust) near Murrays Addition, northwest of The Dalles, Oregon.............May 14, 2012.
Paul Slichter