mor__174522_quercus_bicolor_willd..jpg

FAGACEAE

Quercus bicolor Willd.

(Swamp White Oak)

Plant Accession: #214-91*7 sd

Source: From seeds wild collected along the south side of the North River about 2 miles southwest of Norwalk and 0.5 miles west of IA-28, Warren County, Iowa, U.S.A.

Location: Fagaceae: M-18/26-67

Round shaped tree 20' tall and 12' wide in good condition. DBH: 18 cm. Tree bark shreddy and gray-brown. This year's growth green; previous years growth smooth (with some shreddy texture) and gray-brown. Very new growth leaves have reddish color. Variable leaf size on different sides of the tree.

Marlene Hahn, Breane G. Budaitis

#IL-MOR-MH102

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.