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MOR Quercus polycarpa Schur. 174515
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE

Quercus polycarpa Schur

(Oak)

Plant Accession: #258-2004*2 seed

Source: Arboretum Novy Dvur Slezske semske muzeum Opava Arboretum Novy Dvur of Silezian Museum in Opava From seed wild collected in Jesenicke podhuri Mts. at Lhotka village, near Hranice na Morave, Prerov District, North Moravia Region, Czech Republic.

Location: Quercus: K-96/64-56

Irregular-shaped tree 10' high & 4' wide in fair condition. Frost bite noted. Trunk bark scaly, rough, and grayish brown. Twigs light green-yellow; previous year dark green and brown. Immature acorns yellow green, RHS #152-B.

Ken Potenberg Gladys Connolly Kathy Matejka Joan Dorrell

#IL-MOR-MH9

July 10, 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.