Details for: NA 88854, Betula nigra L., NA 88854


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Betula nigra L.
Top Name:
NA 88854
Origin:
Collected – District of Columbia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
PRE 1927
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Betula nigra L.
Top Name:
NA 88854
Origin:
Collected – District of Columbia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
PRE 1927
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
PRE 1927.
District of Columbia, United States
Locality: U.S. National Arboretum grounds: around Springhouse Pond (Red Oak Spring Pond), presumed to be naturally occurring.
Habitat: Wild Habitat

Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 88854
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
The trees found around Springhouse Pond/Red Oak Spring Pond are presumed to be native (see Freeman's checklist); other trees in the vicinity were planted and recorded, so these would likely have been, too.
Betula nigra L.
Genus:
Betula
Subgenus:
Betula
Section:
Dahuricae
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Betuloideae
Nomen number:

7118
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:982. 1753
Verified:
09/15/2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishred birch  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishriver birch  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Swedishsvartbjörk  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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