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Quercus x bushii | |
Author | Sarg. 1918 Bot. Gaz. 65: 453 1918 |
Synonyms | marilandica x velutina |
Local names | |
Range | North, Center, East USA; |
Growth habit | 9 m ; |
Leaves | 10-13 cm, deciduous, resembling those of marilandica more than those of velutina, oboval, 3-7 lobes with deep rounded sinuses, lustrous green above, with light yellow pubescence beneath; base rounded, sometimes narrowed; bright colors in autumn; petiole 3 cm long; |
Flowers | |
Fruits | acorn ovoid, 1/2 enclosed in the cup; cupscales large, loosely appressed; |
Bark, twigs and |
twig stout, densely tomentose at first, becoming glabrous only at fall; bud 1 cm long; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; all types of soils; |
Miscellaneous | --
Section Lobatae; -- Cultivated since discovery in Oklahoma in 1931; |
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