Details for: Ames 34166, Betula pumila L., 278-2017


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pumila L.
Top Name:
278-2017
Origin:
Collected – Wisconsin, United States
Received by NPGS:
16 Feb 2018
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
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SEED

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pumila L.
Top Name:
278-2017
Origin:
Collected – Wisconsin, United States
Received by NPGS:
16 Feb 2018
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
31 August 2017.
Wisconsin, United States
Locality: Located 15.5 miles northeast of Black River Falls, south of Highway 54, west of drainage ditch, Jackson County
Coordinates: 44.3424, -90.5585 (Map it)
Elevation: 294m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Bog; growing in open light.
Associated species: Larix laricina, Pinus banksiana, Solidago sp., Carex sp
Comment: Seed was harvested from many individuals, and Betula pumila was abudant at the site.
Collector(s):
Donated
16 February 2018.
Massachusetts, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
278-2017
Type: Institute identifier
Dosmann, Michael S. The Arnold Arboretum

WIE-021
Type: Collector identifier
Enzenbacher, Tiffany Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

Ames 34166
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
Shrub ca. 2 m tall and 2 m spread; bark gray; leaves simple, ca. 5 cm long, leathery, round to ovate, coarsely serrate; pistillate catkins stalked, cylindric; nutlet flat-winged.
Betula pumila L.
Genus:
Betula
Subgenus:
Betula
Section:
Apterocaryon
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Betuloideae
Nomen number:

7140
Place of publication:

Mant. pl. 1:124. 1767
Verified:
09/15/2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Betula pumila L. var. pumila

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Betula glandulifera (Regel) E. J. Butler
Betula hallii Howell
Betula pumila L. var. fastigiata hort. ex Rehder
Betula pumila L. var. glandulifera Regel

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAmerican dwarf birch  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
EnglishArctic dwarf birch as Betula nana subsp. exilis1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: as Betula nana subsp. exilis
Englishbog birch  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishdwarf birch  1Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Englishlow birch  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishswamp birch  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Frenchbouleau nain  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
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