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MOR Quercus mongolica Ficsch. ex Ledeb. 174518
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE

Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb.

(Mongolian Oak)

Plant Accession: #343-94*3 seed

Source: Wild collected seed by North America-China Plant Exploration Consortium (NACPEC) 1994 B (No. BJG-038) on 15 Sep 1994 at Yunmeng Shan (Dense Cloud Mountain), Wuling Shan Preserve, Miyun County, Beijing Shi Municipality, China.

Location: Quercus: M-97/13-55

Ascending shaped tree 12 feet tall and 4 feet wide in good condition. One trunk near ground level with scaly, grey bark. This year's growth is light brownish-red. Previous year's growth is grey.

(This accession is from same individual as #sd28.)

Ken Potenberg, Kathy Matejka

#IL-MOR-MH106

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.