Details for: PI 591700, Prunus pumila L. var. depressa (Pursh) Bean, 'Catskill'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus pumila L. var. depressa (Pursh) Bean

Cultivar:

'Catskill'

Origin:

Collected – New York, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

03 Oct 1995

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Plant

Availability

This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus pumila L. var. depressa (Pursh) Bean

Cultivar:

'Catskill'

Origin:

Collected – New York, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

03 Oct 1995

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Plant

Source History

Collected

New York, United States
Locality: Sullivan County.
Environment description: Stand of sand cherry growing along the Delaware River.
Comment: Collected as open pollinated seed.

Donated

24 January 1996.
New York, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis; 100 seeds received
Donor(s):

Salon, Paul, USDA, NRCS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Catskill'

Type: Cultivar name

9051508

Type: Developer identifier

DPRU 1939

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Cherry. Selected for prostrate growth habit. Potential use for shoreline and streambank stabilization where short vegetation is needed and areas with ice flow problems. Also urban conservation uses in low maintenance, droughty landscapes. Prefers calcareous soils. Adapted to sandy and gravelly soils but performs well on silt loam.

Prunus pumila L. var. depressa (Pursh) Bean

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Prunus

Section:

Penarmeniaca

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

402957

Place of publication:

Trees shrubs hardy Brit. Isles 2:249. 1914

Verified:

05/12/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Prunus pumila L. (0 active accession[s])
Prunus pumila L. var. besseyi (L. H. Bailey) Waugh (2 active accession[s])
Prunus pumila L. var. pumila (0 active accession[s])
Prunus pumila L. var. susquehanae (hort. ex Willd.) H. Jaeger (1 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Prunus depressa Pursh

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	dwarf sand cherry	1	Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
English	eastern sand cherry	1	Scoggan, H. J. 1978. In: Scoggan, H. J., The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
English	prostrate dwarf cherry	1	Catling, P. M. et al. 1999. Rank and typification in North American dwarf cherries, and a key to the taxa. Taxon 48:483-488.
Swedish	sandkörsbär	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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