Details for: WLP 2541, Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram, Skyway Mountain


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram
Top Name:
Skyway Mountain
Origin:
Collected – Alabama, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
26 Nov 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed50 milligramsWLP 2541 2018w01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram
Top Name:
Skyway Mountain
Origin:
Collected – Alabama, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
26 Nov 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
01 December 2018.
Calhoun County, Alabama, United States
Locality: Talladega National Forest, Shoal Creek District, Skyway Mountain. Along Skyway Mountainway (Highway 500), Forest Service Road 531 and Joseph Spring Road (FR522). South end of population is approximately 12.25 miles northest of Oxford.
Coordinates: 33.7037, -85.6280 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Mountainside along road.
Number of plants sampled: 18
Associated species: Pinus sp., H. arborescens, Oxydendrum arboreum.
Comment: A large continuous population, likely with at least 500 - 1000 genotypes in a 4.5 mile stretch. Locally abundant. Collections made from 18 distinct plants across an area spanning latitude 33.662718 deg. N to 33.710054 deg. N and longitude 85.628001 deg. W to 85.655385 deg. W. The GPS coordinates provided refer to NA 86202.01/acc. 832, the first plant sampled in the population. GPS coordinates for each sampled plant are available upon request.
Collector(s):
Donated
26 November 2019.
Minnesota, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: Hydrangea quercifolia with genotype data
Note: Accessions with sequence data available from Sherwood et al. 2023.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. Hydrangea quercifolia with genotype data

Accession Names and Identifiers
Skyway Mountain
Type: Local name

Population 65
Type: Collector identifier
Sherwood, Andrew P. USDA, ARS, NCRPIS

NA 86202
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

SH1018
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links

Narrative
Measurements of sampled specimens taken in nature: Height 59 to 121 in.; width 28 to 188 in. Measurements for each specimen sampled may be provided upon request. Plants in this population are extremely dense with considerable clonal growth.
Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram
Genus:
Hydrangea
Family:
Hydrangeaceae
Subfamily:
Hydrangeoideae
Tribe:
Hydrangeeae
Nomen number:

409879
Place of publication:

Travels Carolina 382. 1791
Verified:
07/06/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishoak-leaf hydrangea  1Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle
Germaneichenblättrige Hortensie  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Swedishflikhortensia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
Other Links
SNP loci haplotype matrix
SNP loci consensus sequences
Actions
  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed NA 86202 to WLP 2541. 24 Feb 2022.
Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
  • Sherwood, Andrew P., USDA, ARS, NCRPIS. 13 Jun 2018. Located at NA - United States National Arboretum, USDA/ARS. Identifier: 844. Inventory sample: WLP 2541. Voucher taken from collection site in nature. .
Citations
  • Sherwood, A., L. W. Alexander, M. D. Clark, X. Wu, & S. C. Hokanson. 2023. Precipitation, temperature, and population structure influence genetic diversity of oakleaf hydrangea throughout its native range. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 148(1):29-41. DOI: 10.21273/JASHS05255-22. Number of accessions cited: 59
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
COMMENTUSDA COLD HARDINESS ZONEUSDA Cold Hardiness Zone in which the germplasm was originally collected in nature.7b USDA COLD HARDINESS ZONE Not Available
COMMENTOMERNIK LEVEL III ECOREGIONOmernik level III ecoregion in which the germplasm was originally collected in nature.8.3.4 Piedmont OMERNIK LEVEL III ECOREGION Not Available