Oaks of the World

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  Quercus x brittonii
Author W.T.Davis 1892 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 301 1892
Synonyms ilicifolia x marilandica
= ferruginea hybrida Dippel
Local names
Range Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey ;
Growth habit shrub or small tree;
Leaves 9-10 cm, oboval to broadly oboval; leathery; base cuneate; 1-3 lobes each side; dark green above with hairs on veins; beneath grey-green, with yellowish tomentum denser on veins and at axils; splendid at fall; leaves lately deciduous;
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Hardiness zone, habitat hardy;
Miscellaneous -- Section Lobatae;
-- Discovered in 1888 on Staten Island, New York;

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