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Quercus × warei is a hybrid oak tree in the genus Quercus.The tree is a hybrid of Quercus robur f. fastigiata (upright English oak) and Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak). [1] The hybrid is named for the American dendrologist George Ware, former Research Director at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois.
The genus Quercus contains about 500 known species, plus about 180 hybrids between them. [1] The genus, as is the case with many large genera, is divided into subgenera and sections. Traditionally, the genus Quercus was divided into the two subgenera Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks, and Quercus, which included
Another oak sapling grown from one of the Son's acorns was planted in 2001 by Prince Charles. Saplings, certified as grown from the Son's acorns, are available from the English Heritage shop at Boscobel House. In commemoration of the tree's significance in British history, a number of places and things have been named after the Royal Oak.
In the 1700s, a young botanist scandalized some by discussing “birds and bees” of pollination, and awarding Latin names to plants and animals.
Quercus robur, the pedunculate oak or English oak, [3] [4] is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native to most of Europe and western Asia , and is widely cultivated in other temperate regions.
Coahuila scrub oak (Quercus intricata), in the US, it is reported at only two sites: One in the Chisos Mountains inside Big Bend National Park, and the other 15 miles SW of Van Horn. Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii) [note 1] Gray oak (Quercus grisea), in the mountains of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Emory oak (Quercus emoryi)
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Quercus sect. Quercus has been known, either in whole or part, by a variety of names in the past, including Quercus sect. Albae, Quercus sect. Macrocarpae and Quercus sect. Mesobalanus. Members of the section may be called white oaks. The section includes all white oaks from North America (treated by Trelease as subgenus Leucobalanus). [2]