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FAGACEAE

Quercus stellata Wangenh.

(Post Oak)

Plant Accession: #1137-2004*2 sd

Source: From seed wild collected by Midwest Plant Collecting Collaborative (MWPCC) 2004 Ozark Expedi (No. MWPCC 2004-018) on 19 Oct 2004 along I-44 and RR at Rosati, Phelps County, Missouri, U.S.A..

Location: Ozark: R-25/69-88

Round shaped tree 8' tall and 2' wide in good condition. DBH: 5cm. Trunk shreddy and gray-brown. This years growth pubescent and light green; previous years smooth (with some texture) and gray-brown. Leaves and new growth: sandpaper-like pubescence.

Marlene Hahn, Breane G. Budaitis

#IL-MOR-MH101

June 01, 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.