Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Quercus
Classification
Family
Genus
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
[New Zealand, North Island, Tiniroto,] Hackfalls Arboretum
Field Collection Date
06 Apr 2004
Field Collection Notes
Quercus affinis or acutifolia?
Conical tree, 15m tall, DBH 45cm. Bark grey, smooth, developing large cracks at base. Lvs glossy dark green above paler and glossy beneath. No fruit, but original tree is said to have inrolled acorn cups.
Grown as Q. conspersa.
Wild collecting notes: Berry 8526, north Oaxaca; lvs to 15x5cm, dark green above, paler beneath, glabrous except for axil tufts.
Hackfalls Arboretum Acc. no. 1985 40 2517.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 1022, received Sept 2018
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.77036, 177.53931 (± 500 m)
177.53931, 177.53931 (± 500 m)
Last Update
09 Sep 2021
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