Details for: WLP 2540, Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram, Cheaha Mountain


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram
Top Name:
Cheaha Mountain
Origin:
Collected – Alabama, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
26 Nov 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed50 milligramsWLP 2540 2018w01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram
Top Name:
Cheaha Mountain
Origin:
Collected – Alabama, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
26 Nov 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
01 December 2018.
Cleburne County, Alabama, United States
Locality: Cheaha Mountain (Cheaha State Park and Talladega National Forest), Cleburne County. Approximately 9 miles south of Oxford. Hydrangeas are along Cheaha Road, Highway 281 and Skyway Mountainway.
Coordinates: 33.5289, -85.7465 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Rocky mountainside.
Number of plants sampled: 21
Associated species: Pinus sp., Quercus sp., Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua.
Comment: A huge continuous population (likely at least 500 - 1000 genotypes) covering 1.5 square miles. Locally very abundant. Collections made from 21 distinct plants across an area spanning latitude 33.460823 deg. N to 33.538883 deg. N and longitude 85.733296 deg. W to 85.836621 deg. W. The GPS coordinates provided refer to NA 86201.01/acc. 852, the first plant sampled in the population. GPS coordinates for each sampled plant are available upon request.
Collector(s):
Donated
26 November 2019.
Minnesota, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: Hydrangea quercifolia with genotype data
Note: Accessions with sequence data available from Sherwood et al. 2023.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. Hydrangea quercifolia with genotype data

Accession Names and Identifiers
Cheaha Mountain
Type: Local name

Population 64
Type: Collector identifier
Sherwood, Andrew P. USDA, ARS, NCRPIS

NA 86201
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

SH1018
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links

Narrative
Measurements of sampled specimens taken in nature: Height 55 to 106 in.; width 31 to 132 in. Measurements for each specimen sampled may be provided upon request.
Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram
Genus:
Hydrangea
Family:
Hydrangeaceae
Subfamily:
Hydrangeoideae
Tribe:
Hydrangeeae
Nomen number:

409879
Place of publication:

Travels Carolina 382. 1791
Verified:
07/06/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishoak-leaf hydrangea  1Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle
Germaneichenblättrige Hortensie  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Swedishflikhortensia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
Other Links
SNP loci haplotype matrix
SNP loci consensus sequences
Actions
  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed NA 86201 to WLP 2540. 24 Feb 2022.
Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
  • Sherwood, Andrew P., USDA, ARS, NCRPIS. 14 Jun 2018. Located at NA - United States National Arboretum, USDA/ARS. Identifier: 852. Inventory sample: WLP 2540. Voucher taken from collection site in nature. .
Citations
  • Sherwood, A., L. W. Alexander, M. D. Clark, S. McNamara & S. C. Hokanson. 2021. Horticultural characterization of wild Hydrangea quercifolia seedlings collected throughout the species native range. HortScience 56(9):1023-1033. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI15889-21. Number of accessions cited: 55
  • Sherwood, A., L. W. Alexander, M. D. Clark, X. Wu, & S. C. Hokanson. 2023. Precipitation, temperature, and population structure influence genetic diversity of oakleaf hydrangea throughout its native range. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 148(1):29-41. DOI: 10.21273/JASHS05255-22. Number of accessions cited: 59
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
COMMENTUSDA COLD HARDINESS ZONEUSDA Cold Hardiness Zone in which the germplasm was originally collected in nature.7b USDA COLD HARDINESS ZONE Not Available
COMMENTOMERNIK LEVEL III ECOREGIONOmernik level III ecoregion in which the germplasm was originally collected in nature.8.3.4 Piedmont OMERNIK LEVEL III ECOREGION Not Available
MORPHOLOGYPLANT HEIGHTAverage height of plant measured in centimeters.18.054555PLANT ARCHITECTURE - 2019 YR 1 POTS Not Available
MORPHOLOGYNODE NUMBERAverage number of nodes on the tallest shoot5.8545555PLANT ARCHITECTURE - 2019 YR 1 POTS Not Available
MORPHOLOGYINTERNODE LENGTHAverage internode length (measured in centimeters) on the tallest shoot. Calculated as average height divided by average number of nodes.2.8245155PLANT ARCHITECTURE - 2019 YR 1 POTS Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBRANCH NUMBERAverage number of primary branches.1.1454555PLANT ARCHITECTURE - 2019 YR 1 POTS Not Available