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FAGACEAE Yolo County

Quercus palmeri Engelm.

Location: CA, USA; UC Davis Arboretum, Shields Oak Grove, Grid #3-F7; Shields Oak Grove Tree #131; Living Collections Number: A64.1173, Qualifier 20575. (Lat: 38.529371, Long: -121.764985, Elevation: 50 ft.)

Plant Attributes: Two trunks; DBH: 12 & 12 cm. Fair/bad condition. Several limbs are cut and there are not many leaves/branches. Some dead branches. Covered by canopy of other oaks.

Source Information: Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden: Seed from plant in cultivation. Original collection info United States: CA: Riverside County: Original Coll. Vandeventer Flats, near entrance to Santa Rosa Indian Reservation, S. E. end of San Jacinto Mts. 4600 ft. Habitat: South-Oak Woodland in openslopes and among trees. P. E. Everett & E. K. Balls s.n. 18 Nov 1952.

Marlene Hahn

# CA-DAV-MH23

May 09, 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.