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FAGACEAE

Quercus montana Willd.

(Chestnut Oak)

Plant Accession: #606-2000*1 seed

Source: Wild collected by Midwest Plant Collecting Collaborative (MWPCC) 2000 southeast United States Expedition on 12 Sep 2000 on Cahas Mt. Franklin County, Virginia at 37.141444 N latitude -79.995722 W longitude. (Seed was received as Quercus prinus L.)

Location: App: BB-76/00-54

Irregular shaped, 11' tall and 5' wide in good condition. DBH~ 4cm. Trunk bark smooth and gray. This year's growth greenish red and smooth; previous year's gray-brown and smooth.

Marlene Hahn, Donna J Wetta, Breane G. Budaitis, Becky Ventura

#IL-MOR-MH7

August 02, 2012

Phylogeny of the oaks of the Americas: Diversification of an ecologically important

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

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