Details for: NA 61293, Ceanothus americanus L., GU 134

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Ceanothus americanus L.

Top Name:

GU 134

Origin:

Collected – Virginia, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

1989

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Ceanothus americanus L.

Top Name:

GU 134

Origin:

Collected – Virginia, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

1989

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Source History

Collected

29 September 1989.
Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States
Locality: George Washington National Forest, State Route 758 [Woodstock Tower Road], trail to Woodstock Tower, Powell Mountain.
Coordinates: 38.8712, -78.4482 (Map it)
Elevation: 609m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Environment description: Deciduous woodland, rocky soil.
Comment: 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.
Collector(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

GU 134

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 61293

Type: Site identifier

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Ceanothus americanus L.

Genus:

Ceanothus

Family:

Rhamnaceae

Nomen number:

9642

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:195. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

08/08/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Ceanothus americanus L. var. americanus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ceanothus americanus L. var. intermedius (Pursh) Torr. & A. Gray
Ceanothus intermedius Pursh

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Jersey-tea ceanothus	1	Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
English	mountainsweet	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	New Jersey-tea	1	McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
English	redroot	1	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
English	wild snowball	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Swedish	vit säckbuske	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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