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Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum
DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA
FAGACEAE
Quercus robur L.
(English Oak)
Plant Accession: #180-93*1 seed
Source: From seed wild collected on 14 Sep 1993 in the Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia; 1993 Expedition to Russia (Gorno-Altai) Chicago BG, Holden Arb, Minn. Landsc. Arb, Mo. BG, & Morton Arb.
Location: Central & Western Asia: CC-70/59-75
Irregular-shaped tree, 20' tall and 10' wide in good condition. DBH~ 17.5cm. Trunk bark furrowed and gray-brown. Lichen on bark. This year's growth gray-brown and smooth; previous year's gray-brown and smooth.
Marlene Hahn, Donna J Wetta, Breane G. Budaitis, Becky Ventura
#IL-MOR-MH84
August 02, 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.