Details for: WLP 684, Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald, NA 85860

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald

Top Name:

NA 85860

Origin:

Collected – Kentucky, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

15 Jun 2019

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	30 count		WLP 684 2017w01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald

Top Name:

NA 85860

Origin:

Collected – Kentucky, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

15 Jun 2019

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

15 June 2019.
Kentucky, United States
Locality: Powell County; ; Red River Gorge (west), ridge west of Nada Tunnel Road, along about 200 m of sandstone cliffline. [GPS coordinates provided for four out of seven total separate collection sites, all within 200 m of one another; only the first represented in the primary record. The rest are provided later.]
Coordinates: 37.8234, -83.6670 (Map it)
Environment description: Along sandstone cliffline; collections made from plants growing within 10 m of the edge of the cliff.
Associated species: Rhododendron maximum:Kalmia latifolia:Gaultheria procumbens:Vaccinium pallidum:Vaccinium corymbosum:Vaccinium stamineum:Oxydendrum arboreum:Pinus virginiana:Smilax glauca:Rhus copallinum
Comment: The trees grow predominantly in bush form with trunk ranging from 1 cm to 6 cm in diameter.
Collector(s):

Campbell, Julian, Bluegrass Woodland Restoration Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

NA 85860

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Hicks 1

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

Additional GPS coordinates provided for three other sites: 37.82342, -83.66722; 37.82331, -83.66708; 37.82303, -83.66656 [all sites within 200 m of one another.]

Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald

Genus:

Amelanchier

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

2871

Place of publication:

Rhodora 43:563. 1941

Verified:

03/25/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Mespilus arborea F. Michx.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	downy serviceberry	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
English	downy shadbush	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
English	juneberry	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1198.
German	Schnee-Felsenbirne	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1198.
Swedish	stor häggmispel	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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