Quercus imbricaria

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Read about Quercus imbricaria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Quercus imbricaria, Michx. Shingle Oak. Tree, to 60, rarely to 100 ft., with slender and somewhat pendulous branches, of pyramidal habit in its youth, round-topped when old: lvs. oblong or oblong-lanceolate, dark green and glabrous above, grayish tomentulose beneath, 3-7 in. long:fr. short-stalked; acorn subglobose, 1/2in. long, embraced one-third to one-half by the turbinate cup. Pa. to Ga., west to Neb. and Ark. S.S. 8:432. A.G. 17:195. Mn. 6:91.—Beautiful oak of symmetrical habit with handsome glossy foliage, turning russet-red in fall. There are hybrids of this species; with Q. marilandica, Q. velutina, Q. rubra, and Q.palustris, of which the last is in the trade as Q. palustri-imbricaria, Engelm.: it has oblong-lanceolate lvs. entire or coarsely toothed, with bristly teeth, soon glabrous, 4-6 in. long: cup turbinate.Subgenus Lepidobalanus. White Oaks.


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