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Quercus rubra L.

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Quercus rubra L., Sp. Pl. 996 (1753)
Quercus rubra L.

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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
996
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Quercus rubra L.
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Quercus rubra

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rubra

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Quercus rubra L.

Large deciduous tree (to c. 25 m tall in cultivation); bark rough and fissured. Shoots dark reddish brown or brown, glabrous, with prominent lenticels. Buds glabrous, without surrounding stipules; apex sometimes hairy. Petiole to 6 cm long. Stipules soon caducous. Lamina on adult shoots mostly 11-20 × 7-15 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, with 3-5 pairs of lobes extending ⅓-⅔ distance from apex to midrib, slightly shining above, turning deep red before falling, usually glabrous, subcoriaceous, sometimes with a few brownish hairs in vein axils beneath; lobes with aristate apex, usually with 1-4 aristate teeth, sometimes entire; base cuneate. ♂ catkins to c. 8 cm long; lower fls distant; rachis with curly hairs; perianth 1.7-2.3 mm long, with curly hairs on margin; stamens 3-5. Fruiting peduncles 1-1.5 cm long, with 1-(2) fertile frs; frs reaching maturity in second year. Cup 1.5-2 cm diam., shallow; scales ovate, appressed, glabrous or minutely puberulent. Acorn 2-2.5 cm long, ovoid, c. 1/4 enclosed by cup.

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Cultivated
New Zealand
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Quercus rubra L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Quercus rubra L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Quercus rubra L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Quercus rubra L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
3 June 2021
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