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MOR Quercus shumardii Buckley 174507
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE

Quercus shumardii Buckley

(Shumard's Oak)

Plant Accession: #540-96*2 seed

Source: From seeds wild collected by Peter J. van der Linden on 28 Oct 1996 at overlook along state highway 76 near Branson in Henning State Forest, Taney County, Missouri, U.S.A.

Location: Quercus: J-100/67-93

Irregular-shaped oval tree 30' high & 10' wide in good condition. Insect damage to some leaves. Trunk bark furrowed and medium brown. Twigs light green; previous year light grayish-brown. Leaf green, #139-A.

Chris Courtney, Charlene Kubic

#IL-MOR-MH90

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.