Details for: WLP 686, Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald, NA 85862


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald
Top Name:
NA 85862
Origin:
Collected – Kentucky, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 2019
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Seed30 countWLP 686 2017w01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald
Top Name:
NA 85862
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: Madison County; ; South of Berea.
Coordinates: 37.5571, -84.2954 (Map it)
Environment description: Growing on the side of a steep Devonian black shale embankment, partly shaded by the canopy above.
Associated species: Fraxinus americana:Tilia americana:Carya ovata:Deparia acrostichoides:Parthenocissus quinquefolia:Tiarella cordifolia:Quercus montana:Quercus rubra:Osmundastrum cinnamomeum:Pinus virginiana
Comment: Tree with a diameter of 15 cm.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 85862
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Hicks 3
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
There were other Amelanchier arborea trees in the immediate vicinity, however, these trees did not have any significant amount of viable berries. These berries were harvested from approximately 8 m high in the tree.
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdowny serviceberry  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishdowny shadbush  1FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
Englishjuneberry  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1198.
GermanSchnee-Felsenbirne  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1198.
Swedishstor häggmispel  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed NA 85862 to WLP 686. 04 Jun 2021.
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