Details for: WLP 744, Celastrus scandens L., GU 132


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Celastrus scandens L.
Top Name:
GU 132
Origin:
Collected – Virginia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Habit:
Woody Vine
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Seed30 countWLP 744 1989w01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Celastrus scandens L.
Top Name:
GU 132
Origin:
Collected – Virginia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Habit:
Woody Vine
Source History
Collected
29 September 1989.
Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States
Locality: George Washington National Forest, State Route 758, trail to Woodstock Tower, Powell Mountain. [Note: coordinates were not provided by the original collectors, and have been estimated based on the locality. The road referenced was originally listed as Forest Route 758.]
Coordinates: 38.8712, -78.4482 (Map it)
Elevation: 609m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Deciduous woodland, rocky soil. Elevation: 2000 feet.

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
GU 132
Type: Collector identifier
Edward "Ned" J. Garvey, Peter Mazzeo, Elizabeth Ley, Susan Martin, Ruth Dix, Tom Abell, Lynn Batdorf, and Janet Walker (U.S. National Arboretum) with Doug Coleman (Wintergreen Resort): Expedition to George Washington National Forest & Blue Ridge Parkway, Fall 1989.

NA 61294
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Celastrus scandens L.
Genus:
Celastrus
Family:
Celastraceae
Subfamily:
Celastroideae
Nomen number:

9727
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:196. 1753
Verified:
12/11/1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAmerican bittersweet  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishstaffvine  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishwaxwork  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Swedishamerikansk träddödare  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed NA 61294 to WLP 744. 12 Jul 2021.
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