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MOR Quercus lyrata Walter 174540
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE

Quercus lyrata Walter

(Overcup Oak)

Plant Accession: #1133-2004*1 plt

Source: Wild collected by Midwest Plant Collecting Collaborative (MWPCC) 2004 Ozark Expedi (No. MWPCC 2004-119) on 27 Oct 2004 near parking lot in Otter Slough State Conservation Area, Stoddard County, Missouri, U.S.A..

Location: Quercus: O-96/16-72

Irregular shaped tree, 6 ft tall and 2 ft wide in fair condition with a lot of insect damage and missing leaves. DBH: ~1 cm. Trunk bark was smooth grey-brown with horizontal lenticils. Green twig growth and brownish-grey previous growth. Many insects present on the leaves.

Marlene Hahn, Breane G. Budaitis, & Elsa M. Meza

#IL-MOR-MH96

May 24, 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.