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Details for: NA 87577,
Fagus grandifolia
Ehrh., (Shadow's golden selection)
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Taxonomy:
Fagus grandifolia
Ehrh.
Top Name:
(Shadow's golden selection)
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
07 Dec 2023
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Fagus grandifolia
Ehrh.
Top Name:
(Shadow's golden selection)
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
07 Dec 2023
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
(Shadow's golden selection)
Type: Other or unclassified name
NA 87577
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum
U.S. National Arboretum
Narrative
Recorded at the U.S. National Arboretum as Fagus grandifolia (Shadow's golden selection). This is a very rare, gold-leafed selection of the species that Don Shadow originally discovered in far northern Alabama and first collected by him and Harald Neubauer around 1988; he was reportedly considering naming it 'Gold Shadow', according to an article in _The American Gardener_ (September/October 1996, pp. 46-47). This plant was grafted by Ray Jackson and given to Dr. Richard Olsen. Originally discovered and collected from the wild in a rural part of Alabama just across the border from Tennessee. During a return visit to the tree years after the initial discovery and propagation, Don Shadow and Mike Hayman found another, smaller American beech with similar gold leaves growing close to a nearby home along the way. According to Alex Neubauer, the area where the tree was found growing wild has since been logged.
Fagus grandifolia
Ehrh.
Genus:
Fagus
Subgenus:
Fagus
Family:
Fagaceae
Subfamily:
Fagoideae
Nomen number:
100831
Place of publication:
Gartenkalender 3:288. 1783-1784 (Beitr. Naturk. 3:22. 1788)
Verified:
06/06/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Fagus grandifolia
Ehrh. subsp.
grandifolia
(0 active accession[s])
Fagus grandifolia
Ehrh. subsp.
mexicana
(Martínez) A. E. Murray
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fagus americana
Sweet
Fagus ferruginea
Aiton
Common names
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English
American beech
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French
hêtre américain
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Swedish
amerikansk bok
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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