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An individual instance of Quercus imbricaria (shingle oak)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/6-86
Notes:
This is the tallest tree that grows beside the central library on the side nearest Frist Hall. With a heigh of 30.2 m (nearly 100 feet), this tree is in the exclusive club of the tallest five trees in the arboretum. Its 114 cm (45 in.) diamater is also impressive and overall it is the largest shingle oak on campus. This tree was probably planted soon after Vanderbilt was founded in 1873.
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 2-437.
This particular organism is believed to have managedmeans of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Identifications:
Quercus imbricaria
Michx.
sec. fna.org 1993
common name: shingle oak
family: Fagaceae
Identified 2002-05-21 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.1454°, -86.80029°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2002-05-24
2002-06-13
2002-09-25
2003-04-07
2003-09-30
2004-10-06
2013-12-11
2014-09-02
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 | whole tree (or vine) - general |
 | whole tree (or vine) - winter |
 | bark - of a large tree |
 | twig - orientation of petioles |
 | leaf - unspecified |
 | leaf - unspecified |
 | leaf - whole upper surface |
 | leaf - margin of upper + lower surface |
 | leaf - margin of upper + lower surface |
 | inflorescence - whole - unspecified |
 | inflorescence - whole - female |
 | inflorescence - whole - male |
 | fruit - lateral or general close-up |