Details for: DPRU 2428, Prunus umbellata Elliott, PA2001-023

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus umbellata Elliott

Top Name:

PA2001-023

Origin:

Collected – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

09 Oct 2001

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus umbellata Elliott

Top Name:

PA2001-023

Origin:

Collected – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

09 Oct 2001

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

21 August 2001.
Maryland, United States
Locality: Allegheny County. Approximately 2 miles south of I-68 on 15 Mile Creek Road and Pick Lick Road in Green Ridge State Forest.
Coordinates: 39.6653, -78.4628 (Map it)
Elevation: 300m.
Environment description: Slope: 15 to 20%; Aspect: ESE

Collector(s):

Donated

09 October 2001.
United States
Comment: Received at NCGR, Davis - 258 seeds.
Donor(s):

Garvey, Edward J., USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

PA2001-023

Type: Collector identifier

Field number

Garvey, Edward J. USDA, ARS

DPRU 2428

Type: Site identifier

EJG0801

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Habitat notes: growing on a dry upland slope above a shale outcrop in part shade; growing in association with Carya glabra, Pinus rigida, Viburnum prunifolium, Cornus florida, Crataegus sp., Quercus stellata, Quercus prinoides, Prunus serotina, Viburnum rafinesquianum, Antennaria virginica, Quercus ilicifolia, Solidago caesia, Rhus aromatica and several grasses. Plant description: multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub with scraggly spreading habit and thorny branches. Height: about 2.5m; D.B.H.: 2.5 to 3.5 cm; Bark: grayish brown and roughened. Fruit: bluish-black (1 cm diameter) with pedicel (2 cm. long) borne singly or in 2's in axillary branches.

Prunus umbellata Elliott

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Prunus

Section:

Prunocerasus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

30145

Place of publication:

Sketch bot. S. Carolina 1:541. 1821

Verified:

05/04/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus alleghaniensis Porter
Prunus alleghaniensis Porter var. alleghaniensis
Prunus alleghaniensis Porter var. davisii W. Wight
Prunus injucunda Small

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Allegheny plum	as Prunus alleghaniensis	1	Reveal, J. L. & C. R. Broome. 1982. Comments on Maryland's proposed endangered and threatened vascular plants. Castanea 47:191-200. Note: this species was considered widespread, although restricted to one county in Maryland, it was recorded there with populations that supported its exclusion to be considered endangered or threatened
English	flatwoods plum		1	Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
English	hog plum		1	Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
English	sloe plum		1	Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 04 May 2011, from Prunus alleghaniensis Porter to Prunus umbellata Elliott