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MOR Quercus gambelii Nutt. 174463
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE TRUE

Quercus gambelii Nutt.

(Gambel's Oak)

Plant Accession: #145-75*1 seed

Source: Seed wild collected by The Morton Arboretum in Tiller County, Colorado, USA.

Location: Quercus L-97/68-99

Shrub-like shape 3.5 feet tall and 5 feet wide in fair condition. Red spots on the leaves. Many trunks near ground level with smooth light gray bark. Previous year's growth is gray. Acorns are immature.

Ken Potenberg, Gladys Connolly, Joan Dorrell, Kathy Matejka

#IL-MOR-MH92

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.