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MOR quercus pagoda Raf 174511
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum
DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA
FAGACEAE TRUE
Quercus pagoda Raf.
(Cherry-Barked Oak)
Plant Accession: #700-46*1 seed
Source: Deam Arboretum; Seed wild collected by Charles C. Deam Posey County, Indiana, USA.
Location: Quercus N-103/91-44
Irregular shaped tree 50 feet tall and 30 feet wide in good condtion. Trunk bark is platy and brown gray with lichen. This year's growth is grayish yellow. Previous year's growth is gray. Acorn yellow green (RHS # 152-A); acorn cap is grayed orange (RHS# 164- A)
Tree tagged as syn. Quercus falcata var. pagoda. Second collection for mature sun leaves. (First collection in flower, IL-MOR-MH2A, 4/9/2012)
Ken Potenberg, Kathy Matejka
#IL-MOR-MH2B
July 31, 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.