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FAGACEAE

Quercus rubra L.

(Northern Red Oak)

Plant Accession: #1155-2004*3 sd

Source: From seeds wild collected by Midwest Plant Collecting Collaborative (MWPCC) 2004 Ozark Expedi (No. MWPCC 2004-075) on 23 Oct 2004 on Hwy 309 N toward Magazine Mtn from the south in National Forest, Yell County, Arkansas, U.S.A..

Location: Ozark: R-25/83-60

Irregular shaped tree 6 ft tall and 2 ft wide in good condition with some insect damage to leaves. DBH: ~4 cm. Tree bark was smooth and gray-brown. Twigs smooth and green with some red-green; previous years smooth and brown gray.

Marlene Hahn, Breane G. Budaitis

#IL-MOR-MH99

June 01, 2012

Phylogeny of the New World oaks: Diversification of an ecologically important clade

across the tropical-temperate divide. (2012-2015 NSF Grant, DEB 114648)

Photographer: Albrecht, William. Publisher: Albrecht, William.