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  Quercus x benderi
Author Baenitz 1903
Synonyms coccinea x rubra
Local names
Range Eastern USA
Growth habit reaches 25 m tall;
Leaves obovate, acuminate, 5-7 deep lobes with bristle-tips; base often truncate; glabrous on both sides, except axillary tufts beneath; intermediate characters between those of parents, except for the Autumn color, which is mostly yellow and not red as are the parents; petiole 3-5 cm long;
Flowers
Fruits acorn ovoid, in clusters; cup shallow, enclosing 1/2 acorn;

Bark, twigs and
buds

young shoots reddish; buds ovate, with apex slightly pubescent;
Hardiness zone, habitat hardy;
Miscellaneous

-- Section Lobatae, Series Coccineae;
-- Description from a plant arisen spontaneously in cultivation in the Szczytnicki Park, Silesia, Poland.
-- Naturally occurs where are the parents.
Subspecies and
varieties
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