Details for: Ames 29987, Betula pendula Roth, GE-2008-91


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pendula Roth
Top Name:
GE-2008-91
Origin:
Collected – South Ossetia, Georgia
Received by NPGS:
01 May 2009
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pendula Roth
Top Name:
GE-2008-91
Origin:
Collected – South Ossetia, Georgia
Received by NPGS:
01 May 2009
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
28 October 2008.
South Ossetia, Georgia
Locality: Near Gromi, River Gorge Uraveli, Akhaltsikhe District, Meskheti Province.
Coordinates: 41.5722, 43.0444 (Map it)
Elevation: 1316m.
Environment description: Roadside.
Number of plants sampled: 6
Associated species: Berberis vulgaris, Hippopaea rhamnoides, Juniperus communis, Pinus kochiana, Prunus avium, Pyrus communis subsp. caucasica, and Rosa canina.
Comment: Site number 16. Population of 8 found in 80 square meters.
Collector(s):
Donated
01 May 2009.
South Ossetia, Georgia

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
GE-2008-91
Type: Collector identifier
Mosulishvili, Marine Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany

Ames 29987
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
Tree. 5-8 meters in height. Bark white, with black diamond-shaped marks. Leaves 3-6 cm long, triangular with a broad base and pointed tip, serrated margins. Catkins 3-5 cm long, seeds small (1-2 mm), winged.
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishEuropean white birch  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsilver birch  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishweeping birch  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Chinesechui zhi hua垂枝桦 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchbouleau pleureur  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Italianbetulla  2International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Swedishvårtbjörk  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
OTHERIMAGE/PICTURE1Image present in GRIN database.SEED - Image of seed(s). WOODY-LANDSCAPE.SCANNED.SEEDAmes 29987 09ncao01 SDNot Available