Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/h001
Notes:
This tree, which sprouted before 1800, was one of the few trees on campus that predated Vanderbilt University. It is described in the Original Trees of Vanderbilt page of the Vanderbilt Arboretum website. Its fall in 1989 and the destruction it wreaked Old Central is described in The Vanderbilt Register vol.X no.2 p.5 (Sep. 15, 1989).
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This particular organism is believed to have native means of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Remarks: This ancient bur oak grew next to Old Central, the oldest building in campus. It was blown over in a storm on 1989-06-18.
Identifications:
Quercus macrocarpa
Michx.
sec. Vanderbilt 1989
common name: bur oak
family: Fagaceae
Identified 1989-09-15 by Mike Holt
Identification remarks: Vanderbilt Register 10 (2):5 (Sep. 15, 1989) states that the tree was a bur oak.
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14704°, -86.80257°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 5 m.
Location determined from Google maps.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
1900
Remarks:Date approximate
1885
Remarks:Date approximate
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whole tree (or vine) - general |
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bark - of a large tree |