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FAGACEAE

Quercus montana Willd.

(Chestnut Oak)

Plant Accession: #602-2000*2 seed

Source: Seed wild collected by Midwest Plant Collecting Collaborative (MWPCC) 2000 southeast United States at picnic area across from entrance to county road 1772 leading to Potts Mountain, Jefferson National Forest, Craig County, Virginia, U.S.A.

Location: Quercus H-103/15-80

Oval shaped tree 10 ft. 2 in. tall and 6 ft. 3 in. wide in good condition. Trunk bark is rough and gray. This year's growth is tawny and smooth. Previous year's growth is brownish gray and rough. Immature fruit.

Evelyn Means, Laurie Glaysher, Joyce Beck

#IL-MOR-MH80

July 12, 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.