Details for: WLP 225, Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carrière, OWE-035

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carrière

Top Name:

OWE-035

Origin:

Collected – Washington, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

21 Mar 2019

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carrière

Top Name:

OWE-035

Origin:

Collected – Washington, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

21 Mar 2019

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

06 September 2018.
Washington, United States
Locality: Chelan County; ; Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest: Icicle Ridge, north of Icicle Ridge Trail.
Coordinates: 47.5967, -120.7682 (Map it)
Elevation: 2072m.
Environment description: Alpine coniferous forest; open [full sun].
Associated species: Pinus albicaulis:Abies lasiocarpa:Penstemon sp.:Festuca sp.
Aspect: ; Slope: 10 Degrees
Comment: Conical tree (height 4 m, spread 10 m, DBH 18.1 cm) branching out low, leader leaning toward northeast, branch tips penudulous; bark gray, plated, flakey, deeply furrowed; leaves deep green, with piney scent; cone deep purple-brown, resinous.
Collector(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

OWE-035

Type: Collector identifier

NA 85644

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

200 seeds collected from one individual. Species occasional, with patchy distribution.

Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carrière

Genus:

Tsuga

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

40709

Place of publication:

Traité gén. conif. ed. 2:250. 1867

Verified:

05/15/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Pinus mertensiana Bong.

Autonym(s)
Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carrière f. mertensiana

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Abies mertensiana (Bong.) Lindl. & Gordon
Hesperopeuce mertensiana (Bong.) Rydb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Abies hookeriana A. Murray bis
Abies pattoniana J. Jeffrey ex A. Murray bis
Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carrière f. argentea (Beissn.) Rehder
Tsuga pattoniana (A. Murray bis) Engelm.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	alpine hemlock	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	black hemlock	1	Scoggan, H. J. 1978. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 2:188.
English	mountain hemlock	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	pruche de Patton	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedish	berghemlock	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Swedish	blå berghemlock	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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