Details for: Ames 2838, Forsythia hybr., 'Meadowlark'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Forsythia hybr.
Cultivar:
'Meadowlark'
Origin:
Donated –
Received by NPGS:
21 Feb 1984
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Availability
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Flower

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Forsythia hybr.
Cultivar:
'Meadowlark'
Origin:
Donated –
Received by NPGS:
21 Feb 1984
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Donated
1973.


Accession Names and Identifiers
'Meadowlark'
Type: Cultivar name

Ames 2838
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative
This cultivar is a hybrid of Forsythia ovata and Forsythia europaea, an outcome of the breeding work by Dr. Karl Sax and Haig Derman at the Arnold Arboretum. It was selected by Dr. Harrison Flint for being the only Forsythia with a full flower display after the exceptionally cold winter of 1966-67. After being trialed in North and South Dakota for ten years as well as being trialed in the NC7 Trials Program in 1973, it was introduced as 'Meadowlark' in 1983. This selection is noted for being vigorous and having reliably cold hardy flower buds, growing to 2.75 meters in height. Several controlled freezing experiments have confirmed the extreme winter hardiness of the flower buds on this cultivar (McNamara & Pellet 1993, Flinn & Ashworth 1999, McNamara et al. 2002).
Forsythia hybr.
Genus:
Forsythia
Family:
Oleaceae
Tribe:
Forsythieae
Nomen number:

312107
Comment:
interim designation used in GRIN for Forsythia hybrids which lack an acceptable binomial
Verified:
12/02/1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Annotations
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  • Description Of NC7 Ornamental Trials: The NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials, began in 1954 through the efforts of a small group of dedicated horticulturists under the leadership of Professor S.A. McCrory of South Dakota State College (now University). The north central United States is a region of climatic extremes, and many parts of the region have alkaline soils that developed under grasslands. Because of these conditions, the diversity found in commercially available woody plants adapted to the area is less than that found in most other parts of our nation. The NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials were started with the ultimate goal of expanding the range of useful plants in the nursery trade. The emphasis in this program has been placed on detailed, long-term evaluations at a broad range of sites rather than on promotion of new plants. The NC-7 Trials rely on a network of horticultural cooperators located at sites scattered across the Central United States. Cooperators establish plantings, observe and evaluate the plants through the seasons, and prepare performance reports one, five, and ten years after planting. These reports are sent to the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station (NCRPIS) in Ames, Iowa where they are recorded. Because of the broad range of environments found among the trial sites, it is unusual for any particular trial plant to perform well at a majority of the sites, making system-wide releases difficult. However, when plants perform especially well at sites, the NCRPIS Horticulturist assists trial site cooperators in introducing the new plants, with any official releases initiated through the cooperators' institutions rather than through the Plant Introduction Station.
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
  • Flinn, C. L. & E. N. Ashworth. 1999. Supercooling in dormant flower buds of Forsythia, and the correlation between pistil size and bud hardiness. J. Environm. Hort. 17(2):57-62. DOI: 10.24266/0738-2898-17.2.57. Number of accessions cited: 1
  • Herman, D. E. & N. P. Evers. 1984. More on Forsythia 'Meadowlark'. Arnoldia (Jamaica Plain) 44(2):30-31. Number of accessions cited: 1
  • McNamara, S. & H. Pellett. 1993. Flower bud hardiness of forsythia cultivars. J. Environm. Hort. 11(1):35-38. DOI: 10.24266/0738-2898-11.1.35. Number of accessions cited: 1
  • McNamara, S., H. Pellett, M. Florkowska, & O. Lindstrom. 2002. Comparison of the cold hardiness of landscape tree and shrub cultivars growing at two disparate geographic locations. J. Environm. Hort. 20(2):77-81. DOI: 10.24266/0738-2898-20.2.77. Number of accessions cited: 1
Pedigree
Description:
F. ovata X F. europaea

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYFlower/Strobilus ColorFlower/Strobilus Coloryellow (100%) WOODY-ORNAMENTALS.AMES.2007Ames 2838 73ncauc1 PLNot Available
OTHERIMAGE/PICTURE1Image present in GRIN database.PLANT-FLOWER - Image of flower(s). WOODY-LANDSCAPE.PHOTOGRAPH.PLANT-FLOWERAmes 2838 73ncauc1 PLNot Available
PHENOLOGYPeak FloweringDate of peak flowering03/27/2007 (1%) WOODY-ORNAMENTALS.AMES.2007Ames 2838 73ncauc1 PLNot Available