An individual instance of Quercus lyrata (overcup oak)
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http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/h000


Notes:


This tree is described on Vanderbilt Alumnus Magazine v2 n5 (March 1917): 131.


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This particular organism is believed to have native means of establishment.

This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.

It has the name "Garland Oak".

Remarks: The Garland Oak was a significant landmark in the early history of Vanderbilt University. It died about 1911.


Identifications:


Quercus lyrata

Walter

sec. Vanderbilt 1917

common name: overcup oak
family: Fagaceae
Identified 1917-03 by anonymous

Identification remarks: Vanderbilt Alumnus Magazine 2(5):131 (March 1917) states that the Garland Oak was an overcup oak.

Location:


Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14673°, -86.80305°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 5 m.

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Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
1900
Remarks:Date approximate

1905
Remarks:Date approximate


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Vanderbilt 1917 =

anonymous, 1917. The Garland Oak. Vanderbilt Alumnus Magazine 2(5):131. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, US.


Metadata last modified: 2019-10-16T22:24:42.018-05:00
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