Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA
Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA
Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Quercus stellata
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Common name:
Post Oak
Family:
Fagaceae
Distribution:
S & E USA
Comments:
Post oak is a small-to-medium-sized deciduous tree growing up to 65’ with a broad and rounded canopy that spreads between 40 and 70’. It is native to eastern and central U.S where it has commonly been used to make fence posts and railroad ties. Acorns are ovoid measuring ½ to ⅔” with a warty/scaly bowl-shaped cap covering about ⅓ to ½ of the fruit. Leaves are thick, dark green on top with a pale, silvery-white underside, with 5 distinct, square lobes that create a cruciform shape. Fall color is yellow to brown. Twigs are gray with yellow fuzz, are dotted with lenticels, and have multiple short, blunt, orange-brown terminal buds. Dominant in savannas and forests bordering grasslands where acorns are an important food source for wildlife in the cold months.
Locations
1:
1000 s, 1100 e
(ST 1000,1100)
• Accession: 1941-1466/1
2:
1000 s, 1100 e
(ST 1000,1100)
• Accession: 1941-1481/1
3:
700 s, 1200 e
(ST 700,1200)
• Accession: 1971-984/1
4:
700 s, 1200 e
(ST 700,1200)
• Accession: 1971-986/1
5:
800 s, 1200 e
(ST 800,1200)
• Accession: 1941-1146/1
6:
800 s, 1200 e
(ST 800,1200)
• Accession: 1941-1152/1
7:
800 s, 1200 e
(ST 800,1200)
• Accession: 1941-1154/1
8:
800 s, 1200 e
(ST 800,1200)
• Accession: 1941-1155/1
9:
800 s, 1200 e
(ST 800,1200)
• Accession: 1941-1157/1
10:
Herbarium
(HERB)
• Accession: 1941-1157
11:
Herbarium
(HERB)
• Accession: 1941-1466
12:
Herbarium
(HERB)
• Accession: 1971-986
Area
Individual