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sand cherry † 
either of two low-growing shrubs, Prunus pumila or P. p. besseyi; also, the fruit of either of these shrubs.
- 1793 (1933) The wild plumb, and Grape, the pair, choak and sand cherries, Summer berry and the Raspberry are also natives of this [Assiniboine] country.
- 1795 (1911) [I] gathered cardinal flowers, a beautiful purple flower, sand cherries and some raspberries.
- 1827 (1914) Prunus . . . found sparingly on gravelly places and lime stone rocks on Red River, called by the voyageurs Sand-Cherry.
- 1917 (1956) One species,the sand cherry, Prunus pumila L., is a low, often prostrate shrub.
- 1958 Sand Cherry (Prunus besseyi) [is] a well-known, low-growing, shrubby fruit found wild in the Prairie Provinces.
- 1793 (1933) The wild plumb, and Grape, the pair, choak and sand cherries, Summer berry and the Raspberry are also natives of this [Assiniboine] country.