Details for: Ames 35748, Ceanothus americanus L., Clay Prairie


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Ceanothus americanus L.
Top Name:
Clay Prairie
Origin:
Collected – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
12 Oct 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Life Sex:
Perfect
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Ceanothus americanus L.
Top Name:
Clay Prairie
Origin:
Collected – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
12 Oct 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Life Sex:
Perfect
Source History
Collected
01 September 2021.
Butler County, Iowa, United States
Locality: Clay Prairie State Preserve located approximately 4 miles south of Allison, T91 R16W NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec. 18
Coordinates: 42.7004, -92.7717 (Map it)
Elevation: 307m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Mesic prairie remnant.
Number of plants sampled: 100
Associated species: Helianthus spp., Solidago speciosa, Solidago rigida, Symphyotrichum ericoides, Muhlenbergia spp., Sporobolus heterolepis, Salix spp., and Cornus spp.
Comment: Noted approximately 250 specimens at collection site at time of collection (1 September 2021). Site burned in spring of 2021. Population extent is roughly 1.5 acres of a 2-3 acre site. Collection assisted by Andy Olsen.
Collector(s):
Donated
12 October 2021.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Clay Prairie
Type: Local name

Ames 35748
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
Ceanothus americanus L.
Genus:
Ceanothus
Family:
Rhamnaceae
Nomen number:

9642
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:195. 1753
Verified:
08/08/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Ceanothus americanus L. var. americanus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ceanothus americanus L. var. intermedius (Pursh) Torr. & A. Gray
Ceanothus intermedius Pursh

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishJersey-tea ceanothus  1Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
Englishmountainsweet  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
EnglishNew Jersey-tea  1McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
Englishredroot  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Englishwild snowball  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Swedishvit säckbuske  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Citations
  • Freese, E. L. & W. R. Norris. The vascular flora of Clay Prairie State Preserve (Butler County, Iowa): Recommendations to the Iowa State Preserve System. J. Iowa Acad. Sci. 120(1-4):21-34. DOI: 10.17833/120-04.1. Number of accessions cited: 1
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