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FAGACEAE

Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.

(Durmast Oak)

Plant Accession: #257-2004*2 seed

Source: Arboretum Novy Dvur Slezske semske muzeum Opava Arboretum Novy Dvur of Silezian Museum in Opava. From seeds wild collected in Jesenicke podhuri Mts. at Lhotka village, near Hranice na Morave, Prerov District, North Moravia Region, Czech Republic.

Location: Central Europe: FF-36/31-33

Irregular shaped tree, 12 ft tall and 4 ft wide in good condition. DBH: ~6 cm. Bark was smooth, slightly textured and gray-brown. Twigs green-brown; previous year's green-brown. New/young leave growth red/red-orange.

Marlene Hahn, Breane G. Budaitis

#IL-MOR-MH98

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.