Details for: Ames 32762, Betula pumila L., JDC/BP/2014/044/546


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pumila L.
Top Name:
JDC/BP/2014/044/546
Origin:
Collected – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
03 Sep 2014
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pumila L.
Top Name:
JDC/BP/2014/044/546
Origin:
Collected – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
03 Sep 2014
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
03 September 2014.
Iowa, United States
Locality: Private property, located approximately 2 miles south of Sumner, Bremer County.
Coordinates: 42.8095, -92.1087 (Map it)
Elevation: 328m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Environment description: Remnant wet prairie.
Number of plants sampled: 30
Associated species: Asclepias incarnata, Chelone glabra, Cornus amomum, C. racemosa, Eutrochium purpureum, Gentiana andrewsii, Impatiens, Populus tremuloides, Prunus americana, Salix, Spiraea alba, Triadenum fraseri, and Viburnum lentago.

Collector(s):
Donated
03 September 2014.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
JDC/BP/2014/044/546
Type: Collector identifier
Carstens, Jeffrey D. USDA, ARS, NCRPIS

Ames 32762
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
Betula pumila L.
Genus:
Betula
Subgenus:
Betula
Section:
Apterocaryon
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Betuloideae
Nomen number:

7140
Place of publication:

Mant. pl. 1:124. 1767
Verified:
09/15/2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Betula pumila L. var. pumila

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Betula glandulifera (Regel) E. J. Butler
Betula hallii Howell
Betula pumila L. var. fastigiata hort. ex Rehder
Betula pumila L. var. glandulifera Regel

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAmerican dwarf birch  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
EnglishArctic dwarf birch as Betula nana subsp. exilis1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: as Betula nana subsp. exilis
Englishbog birch  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishdwarf birch  1Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Englishlow birch  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishswamp birch  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Frenchbouleau nain  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
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Herbarium specimen
  • Carstens, Jeffrey D., USDA, ARS, NCRPIS. 03 Sep 2014. Located at NA - United States National Arboretum, USDA/ARS. Identifier: JDC/BP/2014/044/546. Inventory sample: Ames 32762 14ncao01. Also with Andrew P. Schmitz.
  • Carstens, Jeffrey D., USDA, ARS, NCRPIS. 03 Sep 2014. Located at ISC - Ada Hayden Herbarium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Identifier: JDC/BP/2014/044/546. Inventory sample: Ames 32762 14ncao01. Also with Andrew P. Schmitz.
Citations
  • Nekola, J. C. & T. G. Lammers. 1989. Vascular flora of Brayton-Horsley Prairie: A remnant prairie and spring fen complex in eastern Iowa. Castanea 54(4):238-254. Note: The Brayton-Horsley Prairie is a 14-hectare prairie and spring fen complex in Bremer County, east-central Iowa. A total of 192 native vascular plant species were documented at this site with 35 considered rare within the Iowan Erosional Surface. Number of accessions cited: 3
  • Nekola, J. 2004. Vascular plant compositional gradients within and between Iowa fens. J. Veg. Sci. 15(6):771-780. Number of accessions cited: 4
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