Details for: Ames 25491, Betula pendula Roth, WSYUS 20

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

Availability

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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):

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	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)

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