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An individual instance of Quercus rubra (northern red oak)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/5-76
Notes:
Although this is not the largest red oak in arboretum, it is the largest one on main campus, with a diameter of 106 cm (42 in.), height of 28 m (92 ft.), and impressive crown spread of 26 m (85 ft.). It is also prominent because of its location at the north end of Alumni Lawn, where it towers over commencement ceremonies each spring.
Red oak leaves have the typical pointed lobes of oaks in the red oak group. A feature that is perhaps more distinctive is the "striped" look of the bark caused by flat-topped ridges in the bark. You may notice this when you look up the trunk of this tree.
Red oak leaves have the typical pointed lobes of oaks in the red oak group. A feature that is perhaps more distinctive is the "striped" look of the bark caused by flat-topped ridges in the bark. You may notice this when you look up the trunk of this tree.
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http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/5-76.htm
This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 3-419.
This particular organism is believed to have managed means of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Identifications:
Quercus rubra
L.
sec. fna.org 1993
common name: northern red oak
family: Fagaceae
Identified 2014-08-27 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
north end of Alumni Lawn, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14795°, -86.80406°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2014-08-27
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