Details for: Ames 36329, Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C. K. Schneid., Country Club


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C. K. Schneid.
Top Name:
Country Club
Origin:
Collected – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
02 Jul 2025
Improvement Status:
Clone
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C. K. Schneid.
Top Name:
Country Club
Origin:
Collected – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
02 Jul 2025
Improvement Status:
Clone
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
2020.
Dallas County, Iowa, United States
Locality: Des Moines Golf and County Club (1600 Jordan Creek Parkway - West Des Moines, Iowa 50266) just southwest of University Avenue and Jordan Creek Parkway intersection, T78N R26W NW ¼ Sec. 2.
Coordinates: 41.5963, -93.8232 (Map it)
Elevation: 307m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Other
Environment description: Previously (historically) a fence-line. Specimen retained and incorporated into golfcourse.
Number of plants sampled: 1

Collector(s):
Donated
02 July 2025.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Country Club
Type: Local name
Schmitz, Andy Brenton Arboretum

2021-036
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: BRENTON.ARBORETUM
The Brenton Arboretum, Dallas Center, Iowa
Schmitz, Andy Brenton Arboretum

Ames 36329
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
The native range for Osage-orange is reported from eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas, and the northwestern corner of Louisiana (Little, 1971). Historically and presently known for its extreme value as bow-wood and fence posts, Osage-orange represents one of the most widely planted tree species in the lower 48 US states as a living fence starting in the mid-1800's, in the late 1900's as a landscape tree for difficult sites, and most recently it's chemical properties. Detailed history of Osage-orange and it's economic uses are well documented (Smith and Perino, 1981 and J. T. Winberry 1979). Osage wood is highly-prized for its use as fence posts (both living and non-living) and durable wood for wood working. Osage is an extremely drought and heat tolerant tree and is recommended for use in USDA cold-hardiness zones 5b or warmer. Although the species is commonly known for it's stout thorns and large, globular fruits, the species is dioecious and the degree of thorns on individual genotypes can be extremely variable. This accession represents a clonal selection collected from a specimen growing in central Iowa (Dallas County) that is confirmed as a thornless, male. It has been tentatively named Country Club as the original specimen is located on the grounds of the Des Moines Golf & County Club. Aerial photograph from the 1930's show the specimen's obvious presence at that time. It is estimated to be approximately 150 years in age as of 2025. In 2009, the specimen was estimated by Andrew P. Schmitz (The Brenton Arboretum) and Guy Sternberg (Starhill Forest Arboretum) at 42 feet in height and an average spread of 60 feet.
Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C. K. Schneid.
Genus:
Maclura
Section:
Maclura
Family:
Moraceae
Tribe:
Chlorophoreae
Nomen number:

23061
Place of publication:

Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1:806. 1906
Verified:
05/23/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ioxylon pomiferum Raf.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbow-wood  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishhedge-apple  1Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
Englishosage-orange  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchbois d'arc  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchmaclure épineux  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchoranger des osages  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanOsagedorn  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)laranja-osage  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)pau-d'arco  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishmachura  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmadera de arco  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishnaranjo de los osages  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishcitrusmullbär  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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