Details for: WLP 735, Betula pendula Roth, PCC16-GE34

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Betula pendula Roth

Top Name:

PCC16-GE34

Origin:

Collected – K'akheti, Georgia

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

15 Sep 2016

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	30 count		WLP 735 2016w01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Betula pendula Roth

Top Name:

PCC16-GE34

Origin:

Collected – K'akheti, Georgia

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

15 Sep 2016

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

23 August 2016.
K'akheti, Georgia
Locality: Tusheti Natural Reserve. At end of unnamed road running along Pirikita Alazani River, ca 1.5 air kilometers southeast of Chesho.
Coordinates: 42.4685, 45.5509 (Map it)
Elevation: 1901m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Exposed on south-facing slope, growing in rocky soil with some shale.
Number of plants sampled: 1
Comment: Tree standing 4.5-6.0 m, at 45 degree angle to ground. Bark whitish-grey.
Collector(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

PCC16-GE34

Type: Collector identifier

NA 84233

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Betula pendula Roth

Genus:

Betula

Subgenus:

Betula

Section:

Betula

Family:

Betulaceae

Subfamily:

Betuloideae

Nomen number:

7127

Place of publication:

Tent. fl. Germ. 1:405. 1788

Verified:

09/15/2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Betula pendula Roth subsp. mandshurica (Regel) Ashburner & McAll. (12 active accession[s])
Betula pendula Roth subsp. pendula (0 active accession[s])
Betula pendula Roth subsp. szechuanica (C. K. Schneid.) Ashburner & McAll. (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Betula pendula Roth f. purpurea (André) C. K. Schneid.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	European white birch		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	silver birch		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	weeping birch		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Chinese	chui zhi hua	垂枝桦	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	bouleau pleureur		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Italian	betulla		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Swedish	vårtbjörk		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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