Background
The woody plant collection began as childhood hobby, but has grown in recent years to serve as a repository for rare, endangered, and documented wild-collected taxa from all over the world. The ultimate goal of the collection is to serve as a node in a global conservation network, and to someday establish reference collections for important genera such as Acer, Alnus, Betula, Carpinus, Crataegus, Magnolia, and Quercus. The collection is spread over a handful of closely-spaced sites near the townline of Elbridge and Camillus, southwest of Syracuse, NY and a few miles north of the two eastern-most Finger Lakes. The sites are blessed with an array of microclimates, soil pH, textures, hydric conditions, and other abiotic factors such that the only true limitation of what can be grown is the climate itself... and of course the logistics of maintenance.
Aims
The array of species in this collection makes it virtually unmatched outside of large, well-funded university collections in the region. Even so, there are several species that only exist here in all of New York, and perhaps in some cases, on the entire eastern seaboard. Many species listed below are experimental and will be grown to a larger size and/or propagated to insure the presence of a backup should the original plant(s) meet an untimely demise, face an extreme winter before establishing, fall victim to the rather enthusiastic local wildlife, etc. Experimentation with untrialed species and the array of well-documented wild-collected material makes the collection a potentially valuable place to someday train students and conduct research.
Conservation of Unique Genetics
A major emphasis moving forward will be the collection of native North American plants from edge-of-range populations. Examples include Gleditsia triacanthos from some of its northernmost populations, northeastern species such as Amelanchier bartramiana from southern populations, and even Sequoia sempervirens from its highest-elevation population. These populations may prove useful for expanding the amplitude of these species in cultivation, providing a more diverse array of options for the urban forest, human-designed landscapes in general, and even acting as a hedge against climate change induced shifts in tree species. When possible, this same emphasis will also be applied to collections acquired from abroad.
Plants Present
The list below is incomplete, as plants are constantly being added and many, many more species are currently being propagated from seed and are on the cusp of being added. Some, owing to an almost complete lack of familiarity in cultivation, perish due to lack of cold-hardiness, inadequate siting/exposure, incorrect soil characteristics, etc. I take the losses in stride, as they often provide more information on performance than survival alone. Not all of these have been tested outside yet, as some are being "backed up" via propagation.
The woody plant collection began as childhood hobby, but has grown in recent years to serve as a repository for rare, endangered, and documented wild-collected taxa from all over the world. The ultimate goal of the collection is to serve as a node in a global conservation network, and to someday establish reference collections for important genera such as Acer, Alnus, Betula, Carpinus, Crataegus, Magnolia, and Quercus. The collection is spread over a handful of closely-spaced sites near the townline of Elbridge and Camillus, southwest of Syracuse, NY and a few miles north of the two eastern-most Finger Lakes. The sites are blessed with an array of microclimates, soil pH, textures, hydric conditions, and other abiotic factors such that the only true limitation of what can be grown is the climate itself... and of course the logistics of maintenance.
Aims
The array of species in this collection makes it virtually unmatched outside of large, well-funded university collections in the region. Even so, there are several species that only exist here in all of New York, and perhaps in some cases, on the entire eastern seaboard. Many species listed below are experimental and will be grown to a larger size and/or propagated to insure the presence of a backup should the original plant(s) meet an untimely demise, face an extreme winter before establishing, fall victim to the rather enthusiastic local wildlife, etc. Experimentation with untrialed species and the array of well-documented wild-collected material makes the collection a potentially valuable place to someday train students and conduct research.
Conservation of Unique Genetics
A major emphasis moving forward will be the collection of native North American plants from edge-of-range populations. Examples include Gleditsia triacanthos from some of its northernmost populations, northeastern species such as Amelanchier bartramiana from southern populations, and even Sequoia sempervirens from its highest-elevation population. These populations may prove useful for expanding the amplitude of these species in cultivation, providing a more diverse array of options for the urban forest, human-designed landscapes in general, and even acting as a hedge against climate change induced shifts in tree species. When possible, this same emphasis will also be applied to collections acquired from abroad.
Plants Present
The list below is incomplete, as plants are constantly being added and many, many more species are currently being propagated from seed and are on the cusp of being added. Some, owing to an almost complete lack of familiarity in cultivation, perish due to lack of cold-hardiness, inadequate siting/exposure, incorrect soil characteristics, etc. I take the losses in stride, as they often provide more information on performance than survival alone. Not all of these have been tested outside yet, as some are being "backed up" via propagation.
TAXON |
Common Name |
Acer [(griseum x maximowizianum) x triflorum] 'Waxmanii' |
Waxman's maple |
Acer [griseum x pseudoplatanus] 'Purple Haze' |
Sycamore/paperbark hybrid maple |
Acer [palmatum x oliverianum] 'Hot Blonde' |
Hot Blonde hybrid maple |
Acer anhwiense |
Robustum maple |
Acer argutum |
Pointedleaf maple |
Acer calcaratum |
Crowsfoot maple |
Acer campbellii ZHNP 168 |
Campbell's maple |
Acer cappadocicum |
Caucasian maple |
Acer davidii ssp. grosserii var. hersii |
Green-linden maple |
Acer diabolicum |
Horned maple |
Acer elegantulum |
Elegant maple |
Acer fabri |
Faber's maple |
Acer griseum |
Paperbark maple |
Acer japonicum 'Ed Wood #2' |
Fullmoon maple |
Acer japonicum 'Vitifolium' |
Grapeleaf fullmoon maple |
Acer lobelii |
Lobel's maple |
Acer macrophyllum 'Santiam Snows' |
Variegated bigleaf maple |
Acer mandshuricum |
Manchurian maple |
Acer maximowiczianum Graft on paperbark |
Nikko maple |
Acer maximowiczianum Landis seedling |
Nikko maple |
Acer maximowiczii |
Chinese butterfly maple |
Acer miaotaiense |
Miaotai maple |
Acer monspessulanum ssp. cinerascens |
Turkish Montpelier maple |
Acer opalus ssp. obtusatum |
Bosnian maple |
Acer palmatum 'Nakakamado Weeping' |
Japanese maple |
Acer palmatum 'Rikuzen Shidare' |
Japanese maple |
Acer palmatum Seedling of Saint Rose tree |
Japanese maple |
Acer forrestii |
Forrest's maple |
Acer pentapomicum |
River maple |
Acer pictum ssp. mono |
Painted maple |
Acer rufinerve |
Redvein maple |
Acer spicatum Adirondack seedling |
Mountain maple |
Acer spp. YuGu057 |
Unknown campbellii-group taxon |
Acer stachyophyllum |
Spikeleaf maple |
Acer sterculiaceum ssp. franchetii Forestfarm/UW seedling |
Franchet's maple |
Acer sterculiaceum ssp. franchetii H2MD 010 |
Franchet's maple |
Acer tataricum ssp. aidzuense |
Frog maple |
Acer tegmentosum |
Manchustriped maple |
Acer tonkinense MWZ19-091 |
Sweetgum maple |
Acer triflorum |
Threeflower maple |
Acer tschonoskii ssp. koreanum |
Korean butterfly maple |
Acer velutinum |
Velvet maple |
Actinidia arguta 'Issai' |
Arctic kiwi |
Adina rubella |
Chinese-buttonbush |
Aesculus glabra var. nana |
Dwarf Ohio buckeye |
Ailanthus altissima Variegated (Unstable) |
Chinese ailanthus |
Alloberberis swaseyi |
Texas desert-holly |
Alniaria alnifolia |
Korean whitebeam |
Alniaria yuana |
Yu's whitebeam |
Alnus cordata |
Italian alder |
Amelanchier laevis Adirondack seedling |
Allegheny serviceberry |
Amelanchier nantucketensis |
Nantucket serviceberry |
Ampelaster carolinianus |
American climbing-aster |
Aristolochia macrophylla |
American pipevine |
Aristolochia onoei |
Japanese swan pipevine |
Asimina triloba |
Common pawpaw |
Asimina triloba 'NC-1' |
Shenandoah pawpaw |
Asimina triloba 'Shenandoah' |
Shenandoah pawpaw |
Asimina triloba 'Sunflower' |
Sunflower pawpaw |
Asimina triloba 'Susquehanna' |
Susquehanna pawpaw |
Betula lenta |
Sweet birch |
Betula lenta f. uber |
Virginia roundleaf birch |
Betula medwedewii |
Transcaucasian birch |
Betula utilis ssp. jacquemontii |
Himalayan white birch |
Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea |
Scarlet American pipevine |
Buckleya distichophylla |
American piratebush |
Calycanthus chinensis |
Chinese sweetshrub |
Calycanthus floridus |
American sweetshrub |
Calycanthus floridus (Seedling of 'Purpureus') |
American sweetshrub |
Calycanthus x raulstonii 'Dark Secret' |
Dark Secret sweetshrub |
Calycanthus x raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine' |
Hartlage Wine sweetshrub |
Carpinus japonica |
Japanese hornbeam |
Carpinus viminea |
Silky hornbeam |
Caryopteris x divaricata 'Snow Fairy' |
Variegated bluebeard |
Castanea dentata Zoar Valley seedling |
American chestnut |
Castanea ozarkensis OCF Improved |
Ozark chinkapin |
Catalpa speciosa Simon Farm OH seedling |
Northern catalpa |
Cedrus deodara |
Himalayan cedar |
Celtis "pumila" |
Dwarf hackberry |
Celtis jessoensis |
Jesso hackberry |
Celtis reticulata |
Netleaf hackberry |
Celtis vandervoetiana |
Canyon hackberry |
Cercis canadensis 'The Rising Sun' |
Eastern redbud |
Cercis chinensis (Seedling of 'Shirobana') |
Chinese redbud |
Chionanthus virginicus |
American fringetree |
Cladrastis kentukea 'Perkins Pink' |
Perkins Pink American yellowwood |
Cornus florida 'JN13' |
Ragin Red flowering dogwood |
Cornus mas 'Sunstorm' |
Yellow variegated cornelian-cherry |
Corylus fargesii |
Paperbark hazel |
Crataegomespilus dardarii 'Jules d'Asnieres' |
Bronvaux haw-medlar |
Crataegus harbisonii |
Harbison hawthorn |
Crataegus aff. pennsylvanica |
Pennsylvania hawthorn |
Cupressus vietnamensis |
Vietnamese cypress |
Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana Seedling |
Vilmorin's dovetree |
Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana 'Sonoma' |
Sonoma dovetree |
Decaisnea fargesii CDHM 14633 |
Chinese bluebean |
Diospyros virginiana |
American persimmon |
Disanthus cercidifolius 'Ena Nishiki' |
Variegated disanthus |
Elliottia racemosa |
Georgia plume |
Euonymus atropurpureus |
Wahoo spindle |
Euonymus bungeanus 'Pink Lady' |
Winterberry spindle |
Euonymus cornutus |
Willowy spindle |
Euonymus hamiltonianus var. seiboldianus |
Yeddo spindle |
Euonymus oxyphyllus |
Korean spindle |
Fontanesia phillyraeoides ssp. fortunei 'Titan' |
Fortune's fontanesia |
Forestiera angustifolia 'Woodlanders Weeping' |
Weeping desert swamp-privet |
Forestiera godfreyi |
Godfrey's swamp-privet |
Franklinia alatamaha 'Wintonbury' |
Wintonbury Franklintree |
Gleditsia aquatica IL provenance |
Waterlocust |
Gleditsia caspica |
Caspian honeylocust |
Gleditsia triacanthos PA provenance |
American honeylocust |
Glyptostrobus pensilis |
Chinese pencil-pine |
Griffitharia ambrozyana ZHNP 119 |
Sunberry whitebeam |
Gymnocladus chinensis |
Chinese coffeetree |
Gymnocladus dioicus Elbridge, NY provenance |
Kentucky coffeetree |
Gymnocladus dioicus Flat Rock Rd provenance |
Value |
Hamamelis ovalis |
Mississippi witch-hazel |
Hamamelis vernalis 'Amethyst' |
Amethyst witch-hazel |
Hydrangea arborescens Morgantown, WV provenance |
Smooth hydrangea |
Hydrangea radiata 'Samantha' |
Samantha silverleaf hydrangea |
Ilex aquifolium 'Twenty Below' |
Hardy English holly |
Ilex mucronata Adirondack provenance |
Mountain holly |
Juglans cinerea Gurney seedling (ailanthifolia hybrid?) |
Butternut |
Juglans cinerea Elbridge provenance |
Butternut |
Juglans hindsii |
Hinds walnut |
Juglans nigra Large Kernel |
Black walnut |
Juglans regia Carpathian strain |
English walnut |
Kalmia latifolia White form; Tucker County, WV provenance |
Mountain-laurel |
Kalopanax septemlobus |
Castor-aralia |
Karpatiosorbus latifolia |
Fontainebleu serviceberry |
Laburnocytisus adamii |
Adam's laburnocytisus |
Lespedeza liukiuensis 'Little Volcano' |
Ryukyu bush-clover |
Leycestria crocothyrsos NA 1265 |
Yellow pheasantberry |
Lindera reflexa |
Mountain spicebush |
Liquidambar styraciflua Oakwood Cemetery seedlings |
American sweetgum |
Liriodendron tulipifera Large-leaved native volunteer |
American tuliptree |
Lonicera canadensis Adirondack seedling |
American honeysuckle |
Lonicera maximowiczii var. sachalinense |
Sakhalin honeysuckle |
Maackia amurensis |
Amur maackia |
Maackia chinensis |
Chinese maackia |
Magnolia acuminata Elbridge, NY provenance |
Cucumber magnolia |
Magnolia acuminata ssp. subcordata Flint River, Meriweather Co. GA provenance |
Yellow cucumber magnolia |
Magnolia fraseri Tucker Co. WV provenance |
Fraser magnolia |
Magnolia fraseri ssp. pyramidata |
Pyramid magnolia |
Magnolia globosa |
Egg magnolia |
Magnolia grandiflora 'D.D. Blanchard' |
Southern magnolia |
Magnolia insignis |
Lotus magnolia |
Magnolia kobus |
Kobus magnolia |
Magnolia macrophylla Winston Co. AL provenance |
Bigleaf magnolia |
Magnolia officinalis ssp. biloba |
Notched-leaf spice magnolia |
Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta |
Shrubby Sargent magnolia |
Magnolia sprengeri |
Sprenger magnolia |
Magnolia virginiana 'Jim Wilson' |
Sweetbay magnolia |
Magnolia wilsonii |
Wilson's magnolia |
Magnolia zenii |
Zen magnolia |
Malus domestica 'Empire' |
Empire apple |
Malus domestica 'Honeycrisp' |
Honeycrisp apple |
Malus domestica 'McIntosh' |
McIntosh apple |
Malus domestica 'Northern Spy' |
Northern Spy apple |
Malus domestica 'Spitzenberg' |
Spitzenberg apple |
Malus domestica Seedling of 'Honeycrisp' |
Common apple |
Malus sargentii |
Sargent crab |
Meliosma aff. cuneifolia DJHC 0338 |
Lilac wormhead tree |
Meliosma myriantha |
Japanese wormhead tree |
Meliosma veitchiorum H2MD 115 |
Veitch's wormhead tree |
Mespilus germinaca 'Ecos' |
German medlar |
Mespilus germanica Forestfarm seedling |
German medlar |
Mespilus germanica 'Large Russian' |
German medlar |
Mespilus germanica 'Monstrueuse d'Evreinoff' |
German medlar |
Mespilus germanica 'Royal' |
German medlar |
Mitchella repens 'Little's Giant Form' |
Partridgeberry |
Neviusia alabamensis |
Alabama snow-wreath |
Nyssa sylvatica Oneida Co. NY provenance |
Black tupelo |
Nyssa sylvatica 'Wildfire' |
Wildfire tupelo |
Orixa japonica 'Pearl Frost' |
Variegated Japanese orixa |
Orixa japonica 'Summer Sunshine' |
Golden Japanese orixa |
Oxydendrum arboreum Morgantown, WV provenance |
Sourwood |
Parrotia subaequalis |
Chinese parrotia |
Passiflora incarnata Northern strain |
Purple passionflower |
Phellodendron chinensis |
Chinese corktree |
Philadelphus madrensis |
Desert mock-orange |
Picea rubens Adirondack seedling |
Red spruce |
Picrasma quassioides |
India quassiawood |
Pinus bungeana 'Silver Ghost' |
Lacebark pine |
Platycarya strobilacea MD15-01 |
Chinese cone-walnut |
Poliothyrsis sinensis |
Chinese pearlbloom |
Prunus x dasycarpa 'Tlor Tsiran' |
Tlor Tsiran black apricot |
Prunus domestica 'Schoolhouse' |
Schoolhouse yellow plum |
Prunus maritima f. gravesii |
Graves' roundleaf beach plum |
Prunus persica 'Contender' |
Contender peach |
Prunus persica 'Coralstar' |
Coralstar peach |
Prunus persica 'Finger Lakes Super Hardy' |
Finger Lakes Super Hardy peach |
Prunus persica 'Hale Haven' |
Hale Haven peach |
Prunus persica 'Reliance' |
Reliance peach |
Prunus persica var. nucipersica 'Arctic Jay' |
Arctic Jay nectarine |
Prunus subhirtella |
Higan cherry |
Ptelea trifoliata |
Common hoptree |
Pterostyrax corymbosus |
Fragrant epaulette tree |
Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei CGG 14114 |
Scalloped epaulette tree |
Quercus acerifolia 2014 IOS Ozark Expedition |
Mapleleaf oak |
Quercus acutissima |
Sawtooth oak |
Quercus boyntonii |
Boynton's post oak |
Quercus calliprinos |
Palestine oak |
Quercus castaneifolia |
Chestnutleaf oak |
Quercus cerris |
Turkish oak |
Quercus coccinea |
Scarlet oak |
Quercus dentata |
Daimyo oak |
Quercus fusiformis Quartz Mountain, OK provenance |
Texas live oak |
Quercus ithaburensis |
Tabor oak |
Quercus macrocarpa var. depressa |
Northern plains bur oak |
Quercus michauxii AL provenance |
Swamp chestnut oak |
Quercus oglethorpensis GA provenance |
Oglethorpe oak |
Quercus pontica |
Armenian oak |
Quercus rubra 'Greg's Variegated' |
Variegated red oak |
Quercus velutina |
Eastern black oak |
Rhododendron anhwiense |
Anhui rhododendron |
Rhododendron luteum 'Golden Comet' |
Pontic azalea |
Rhododendron maximum |
Rosebay rhododendron |
Rhododendron prunifolium |
Plumleaf azalea |
Rhododendron vaseyi RSBG 1982/019 |
Pinkshell azalea |
Rhoiptelea chiliantha NV 032 |
Chinese horsetail tree |
Rhus copallinum 'Lanham's Purple |
Purple shining sumac |
Ribes sanguineum 'Vampire' |
Vampire red currant |
Rosa Classic red tea |
Tea rose cultivar |
Rosa 'Gertrude Jekkyl' (?) |
Rose of a thousand petals |
Rosa glauca |
Redleaf rose |
Rosa multiflora Sterile thornless |
Multiflora rose |
Rubus lasiostylus var. hupehensis |
Ghost bramble |
Sabal minor McCurtain, OK form |
Dwarf palmetto |
Salix x sepulcralis |
Weeping willow |
Sassafras albidum |
American sassafras |
Sequoia sempervirens Extreme provenance |
Coast redwood |
Sequoia sempervirens Extreme provenance weeping |
Weeping coast redwood |
Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Hazel Smith' |
Hardy giant sequioa |
Sinomalus fusca |
Pacific crab |
Sorbopyrus auricularis 'Shipova' |
Shipova Bollweiler-pear |
Sorbus americana Adirondack seedling |
American mountain-ash |
Sorbus aucuparia |
European mountain-ash |
Sorbus species nova CDHM 14599 (Guizhou) |
Mountain-ash |
Sorbus spp. CCHH 8066 |
Mountain-ash |
Spiraea aff. canescens H2MD 034 |
Spirea |
Staphylea holocarpa 'Rosea' |
Pink Chinese bladdernut |
Stewartia pseudocamellia |
Chinese stewartia |
Stewartia rostrata |
Beaked stewartia |
Styrax americanus 'Kankakee Form' |
American snowbell |
Styrax japonicus 'Fargesii' |
Farges' Japanese snowbell |
Styrax wilsonii |
Wilson's snowbell |
Syringa tomentella CDHM 14585 |
Velvet lilac |
Syringa vulgaris 'Aucubaefolia' |
Gold-spot common lilac |
Syringa vulgaris 'Blue Wonder' |
Common lilac |
Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose' |
Common lilac |
Syringa wolfii |
Wolf's lilac |
Tetradium daniellii |
Korean evodia |
Tetradium glabrifolium |
Walnutleaf evodia |
Tetrapanax papyrifer |
Ricepaper plant |
Thomsonaria aff. caloneura ZHNP 199 |
Yellowvein whitebeam |
Thomsonaria aronioides CDHM 14677 |
Aronia whitebeam |
Tilia americana Camillus variegated seedling |
American basswood |
Tilia cordata 'Debra's Delight' |
Variegated littleleaf linden |
Tilia japonica |
Japanese linden |
Toona sinensis 'Flamingo' |
Flamingo toon |
Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Wilsonii' |
Wilson star-jasmine |
Ulmus parvifolia Seedling of 'Dynasty' |
Chinese elm |
Vaccinium corymbosum |
Highbush blueberry |
Vaccinium oxycoccos Tucker Co. WV provenance |
Small cranberry |
Vaccinium pallidum Fairmont, WV provenance |
Blue Ridge blueberry |
Vaccinium stamineum Albany Co. NY provenance |
Deerberry |
Viburnum acerifolium Tucker Co. WV provenance |
Mapleleaf viburnum |
Viburnum burejaeticum |
Manchurian viburnum |
Viburnum carlesii |
Koreanspice viburnum |
Viburnum cassinoides Adirondack seedling |
Wild raisin viburnum |
Viburnum furcatum 'White Variegated' |
Variegated scarletleaf viburnum |
Viburnum hoanglienense FMWJ 13289 ex. |
Hoanglien viburnum |
Viburnum lantanoides Adirondack seedling |
Hobblebush viburnum |
Vitex negundo |
Chinese chastetree |
Vitis aestivalis |
Summer grape |
Vitis aff. cinerea |
Silverbark grape |
Vitis aff. labrusca Variegated |
Variegated fox grape |
Wisteria macrostachya 'Blue Moon' |
Kentucky wisteria |
Xanthoceras sorbifolium |
Chinese yellowhorn |
Zelkova schneideriana |
Schneider's zelkova |