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Details for: Ames 25491,
Betula pendula
Roth, WSYUS 20
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pendula
Roth
Top Name:
WSYUS 20
Origin:
Collected – Kiev, Ukraine
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
29 Sep 1999
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pendula
Roth
Top Name:
WSYUS 20
Origin:
Collected – Kiev, Ukraine
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
29 Sep 1999
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
09 September 1999.
Kiev, Ukraine
Locality:
Lake Edoraga, south of the National Agricultural University campus, Kyiv.
Coordinates:
50.3767, 30.5036
(Map it)
Elevation:
130m.
Georeference protocol:
Lat/lon determined by GPS
Environment description:
Along a path surrounding lake. Full sun, 0-2% slope with a southern exposure. Sandy loam soil with good drainage.
Number of plants sampled:
1
Associated species:
Betula.
Comment:
Site number 4. 1000+ fruits collected.
Collector(s):
Schutzki, Robert E., Michigan State University
Sviatetsky, Victor, National Agricultural University of Ukraine
Widrlechner, Mark P., USDA, ARS
Yukhnovsky, Vasily, National Agricultural University of Ukraine
Donated
29 September 1999.
Iowa, United States
Donor(s):
Widrlechner, Mark P., USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
WSYUS 20
Type: Collector identifier
1999 Ukraine collection trip of Widrlechner, Schutzki, Yukhnovsky, and Sviatetsky.
Ames 25491
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
MPW0999
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Plants were frequently abundant. 40-50 foot trees. Aged bark.
Betula pendula
Roth
Genus:
Betula
Subgenus:
Betula
Section:
Betula
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Betuloideae
Nomen number:
7127
Place of publication:
Tent. fl. Germ. 1:405. 1788
Verified:
09/15/2015
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Betula pendula
Roth subsp.
mandshurica
(Regel) Ashburner & McAll.
(12 active accession[s])
Betula pendula
Roth subsp.
pendula
(0 active accession[s])
Betula pendula
Roth subsp.
szechuanica
(C. K. Schneid.) Ashburner & McAll.
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Betula pendula
Roth f.
purpurea
(André) C. K. Schneid.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
European white birch
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
silver birch
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
weeping birch
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Chinese
chui zhi hua
垂枝桦
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
French
bouleau pleureur
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Italian
betulla
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Swedish
vårtbjörk
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
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Citations
Widrlechner, M. P., R. E. Schutzki, V. Y. Yukhnovsky, & V. V. Sviatetsky.
1999. Plant exploration in Ukraine to collect landscape trees and shrubs for the evaluation of adaptation and aesthetic quality and cultivar improvement. Technical Report to USDA-ARS Plant Exploration Office, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland 1–51.
Number of accessions cited:
89
Pedigree
Intellectual Property Rights
MOU between the U.S. and the Ukraine
. Issued: 18 Jun 1999.
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