Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Quercus robur L.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne Land District, Eastwoodhill Arboretum, F9, Cabbage Tree Ave, beside Cottage
Field Collection Date
28 Mar 1996
Field Collection Notes
Tall tree ht ca 23m, DBH 2.65m. Branches spreading, weeping at ends. Bark rough, vertically ridged. Leaves mid-green glossy upper, paler dull below. Terminal branchlets close together. Leaves in a whorl at end of braanchlets. Acorns in 2's, ca 3cm long, ovoid, caps smoothly patterned.
Open forest situation. Canopy tree.
Common oak.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 348, received Sept 2018
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.56219, 177.72028 (± 100 m)
177.72028, 177.72028 (± 100 m)
Last Update
18 Aug 2021
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