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FAGACEAE

Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh.

(Bear Oak)

Plant Accession: #260-93*1 plant

Source: Reeseville Ridge Nursery; Wild collected by Reeseville Ridge Nursery in the southeastern part of Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia.

Location: Quercus: J-100/43-64

Irregular-shaped tree 8' high & 9'4" wide in good condition. Trunk bark rough and gray-brown. Twigs light greenish-brown; previous year light brown. Acorn color light beige and brown. Leaf RHS #137-A. Acorn RHS #164-B.

Charlene Kubic, Chris Courtney

#IL-MOR-MH75

July 03, 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.