Details for: WLP 685, Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald, NA 85861

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald

Top Name:

NA 85861

Origin:

Collected – Kentucky, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

15 Jun 2019

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	30 count		WLP 685 2017w01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald

Top Name:

NA 85861

Origin:

Collected – Kentucky, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

15 Jun 2019

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

15 June 2019.
Kentucky, United States
Locality: Powell County; ; Red River Gorge (south), southeast end of Gritter Ridge, near the edge of a dry sandstone cliff. [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: 37.7673, -83.7476 (Map it)
Environment description: Located near the edge of a dry sandstone cliff. Growth location was exposed and in full sun for much of the day.
Associated species: Vaccinium stamineum:Vaccinium pallidum:Kalmia latifolia:Sassafras albidum:Nyssa sylvatica:Schizachyrium scoparium:Smilax glauca:Rhus copallinum:Pinus virginiana:Pinus rigida
Comment: The trees grew in a close cluster of shoots resembling a bush in shape. Trunk diameter ranged from 1 cm to 3 cm in width.
Collector(s):

Campbell, Julian, Bluegrass Woodland Restoration Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

NA 85861

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Hicks 2

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

The berries were harvested predominantly from one plant located near the edge of a dry sandstone cliff.

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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