Details for: Ames 35657, Salix serissima (L. H. Bailey) Fernald, McIntosh Fen


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Salix serissima (L. H. Bailey) Fernald
Top Name:
McIntosh Fen
Origin:
Collected – South Dakota, United States
Received by NPGS:
22 Mar 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
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Cutting5 countAmes 35657 21ncabm1 PL
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HABITAT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Salix serissima (L. H. Bailey) Fernald
Top Name:
McIntosh Fen
Origin:
Collected – South Dakota, United States
Received by NPGS:
22 Mar 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
19 March 2021.
Pennington County, South Dakota, United States
Locality: Black Hills National Forest McIntosh Fen located approximately 2.50 miles northwest of Deerfield Reservoir on west side of Deerfield Road, low gradient area of Castle Creek, T1N R2E SW1/4 SE1/4 Sec. 23 and also SE1/4 NW1/4 Sec. 23
Coordinates: 44.0249, -103.8424 (Map it)
Elevation: 1821m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Remnant wetland fen. High with peat and organic matter
Number of plants sampled: 28
Associated species: Juncus balticus, Salix candida, Salix bebbiana, Salix pseudomonticola, Salix planifolia, Dasiphora fruiticosa, Carex aurea, and Carex nebrascensis. Close associates were Dasiphora fruticosa and Salix candida.
Comment: Species locally abundant. Sampled as dormant cuttings. Sampled two areas (Area #1: 17 plants and Area #2: 11 plants) separated by approximately 900 yards. Coordinates provided refer to the southern portion. Coordinates for the northern portion may be provided upon request.
Collector(s):
Donated
22 March 2021.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
McIntosh Fen
Type: Local name

JDC/SS/2021/006/952
Type: Collector identifier
Carstens, Jeffrey D. USDA, ARS, NCRPIS

Ames 35657
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
Salix serissima (autumn willow) is a boreal species and an obligate wetland species with a concentrated abundance and distribution in the northeastern portions of the U.S. and in Canada from Newfoundland to British Columbia and south to New Jersey, Illinois, and Colorado (Hornbeck et al. 2003 and Decker 2006). Disjunct populations occur in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and South Dakota. Only two populations occur on Black Hills National Forest lands: a large population at McIntosh Fen (Pennington County) and a small population on Middle Boxelder Creek (Lawrence County) (Hornbeck et al. 2003). This species gets its name from the late dispersal of its seeds ocurring from June through October. Salix serissima can grow to 4-5 m tall, but more typically < 3 m. Identifying morphological characteristics include brownish-yellow, glossy stems with dark green, shiny leaves that are ellpitic/lanceolate in shape with minutely toothed margins and distinguished glands on the petiole near the base of the leaf blade. Genetics from this population originate from McIntosh Fen in the Black Hills of South Dakota where only four occurrences are known in the state (Hornbeck et al. 2003). This site has historical significance tracing back to an expedition in 1874 led by Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer, where N.H. Winchell (faculty member at the University of Minnesota) took a photo of McIntosh Fen (see image in accession summary). Winchell served as a geologist resulting in the production of the first geological map of the Black Hills in addition to a listing of tree and shrub species noted. The name McIntosh Fen was derived from botanical work by Arthur C. McIntosh describing the fen community in 1924 as a "sedge moor", inhabited by autumn willow, sage willow, and numerous other disjunct wetland species. His work (McIntosh 1931) included sections on geology, soils, climate, paleobotany and ecology and most notably a checklist of the vascular plants totalling 1300 species (Gabel et al. 2015). The plant community described by McIntosh (1931) included a more extensive list of species than what exists at McIntosh Fen today (Hornbeck et al. 2003) and the specimen collected (McIntosh #1158 collected on 23 August 1928 (NA Herbarium)) was annotated by Carleton R. Ball as "1st record for South Dakota".
Salix serissima (L. H. Bailey) Fernald
Genus:
Salix
Family:
Salicaceae
Nomen number:

414341
Place of publication:

Rhodora 6:6. 1903
Verified:
08/23/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Salix lucida Muhl. var. serissima L. H. Bailey

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishautumn willow  1Newsholme, C. 1992. Willows, the genus Salix
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Herbarium specimen
  • 11 Aug 2009. Located at BHSC - Black Hills State University - Spearfish, SD. Identifier: Ames 35657. Inventory sample: Ames 35657. Specimen collected in cultivation at NCRPIS in Ames, Iowa. Sampled during peak (staminate) flower. .
  • 11 Aug 2009. Located at BHSC - Black Hills State University - Spearfish, SD. Identifier: BHSC0055234. Inventory sample: Ames 35657. Specimen collected in nature by Laura Totten (09MF01D/MF137) with Joseph R. Thomasson and Dave Buscher.
  • 23 Aug 1928. Located at NA - United States National Arboretum, USDA/ARS. Identifier: McIntosh 1158 (NA 0261274). Inventory sample: Ames 35657. Specimen (McIntosh 1158) collected in nature by Arthur C. McIntosh. Annotated by Carleton R. Ball as "1st record for South Dakota". .
  • 07 Aug 1929. Located at NA - United States National Arboretum, USDA/ARS. Identifier: McIntosh 1301 (NA 0261273). Inventory sample: Ames 35657. Specimen (McIntosh 1301) collected in nature by Arthur C. McIntosh.
  • Carstens, Jeffrey D., USDA ARS NCRPIS. 11 May 2022. Located at NA - United States National Arboretum, USDA/ARS. Identifier: JDC/SS/2021/006/952. Inventory sample: Ames 35657 21ncabm1. Staminate. Collected at peak flowering in cultivation. Specimen of known wild origin. Multiple genets.
Citations
  • Decker, K. 2006. Salix serissima (Bailey) Fern. (autumn willow) A technical conservation assessment. Gen. Techn. Rep. R M, U.S. Forest Serv. 1-40. Number of accessions cited: 1
  • Froiland, S. G. 1962. The genus Salix (willows) in the Black Hills of South Dakota. USDA Technical Bulletin #1269 Number of accessions cited: 1
  • Gable, M., D. Ode, & G. Kostel. 2015. A history of botanical exploration in South Dakota. Proc. South Dakota Acad. Sci. 94:69-83. Number of accessions cited: 1
  • Hayward, H. E. 1928. Studies of plants in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Bot. Gaz. 85(4):353-412. Number of accessions cited: 2
  • Hornbeck, J. H., C. H. Sieg, & D. J. Reyher. 2003. Conservation assessment for the autumn willow in the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming. Gen. Techn. Rep. R M, U.S. Forest Serv. 1-38. Number of accessions cited: 1
  • McIntosh, A. C. 1931. A botanical survey of the Black Hills of South Dakota. Black Hills Engin. 19:159-276. Number of accessions cited: 2
  • Totten, L., J. Thomasson, & D. Buscher. 2010. McIntosh Fen Botanical Area Floristic Survey Report Black Hills National Forest. Other miscellaneous document 1-29. Number of accessions cited: 1
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