Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/15-114
Notes:
You can find this tree at the northwest corner of North Hall near the dumpster.
Shingle oak is one of the two oaks in this area which has leaves with no lobes. The other is willow oak, which has much smaller, narrower leaves than shingle oak. You can know that this species is an oak by its clustered buds at the end of its twig and by its acorn.
Although shingle oak is native to this area, it isn't as common in this area as other oaks.
Shingle oak is one of the two oaks in this area which has leaves with no lobes. The other is willow oak, which has much smaller, narrower leaves than shingle oak. You can know that this species is an oak by its clustered buds at the end of its twig and by its acorn.
Although shingle oak is native to this area, it isn't as common in this area as other oaks.
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This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 1-418.
This particular organism is believed to have managedmeans of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Remarks:No longer extant in 2024.
Identifications:
Quercus imbricaria
Michx.
sec. fna.org 1993
common name: shingle oak
family: Fagaceae
Identified 2014-09-11 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
northwest of North Hall, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14132°, -86.79977°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2014-09-11
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