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Quercus falcata, also called southern red oak, spanish oak, [4] bottomland red oak or three-lobed red oak is an oak (part of the genus Quercus).Native to the southeastern United States, it gets its name the "Spanish Oak" as these are the areas of early Spanish colonies, whilst "southern red oak" comes from both its range and leaf color during late summer and fall. [5]
Oaks are affected by a large number of pests and diseases. For instance, Q. robur and Q. petraea in Britain host 423 insect species. [ 54 ] This diversity includes 106 macro-moths , 83 micro-moths , 67 beetles , 53 cynipoidean wasps, 38 heteropteran bugs, 21 auchenorrhynchan bugs, 17 sawflies , and 15 aphids . [ 54 ]
The tree is often seen on savanna biomes typical of Alentejo (seen here) and Extremadura. Quercus rotundifolia is native to most of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain), but is also distributed throughout Morocco, especially in the Atlas Mountains, Algeria, Tunisia, southern France (Languedoc-Roussillon) and the Balearic Islands.
The ring-cupped oaks (synonym genus Cyclobalanopsis), native to eastern and southeastern tropical Asia. They have corns with distinctive cups bearing concrescent rings of scales. [ 2 ] They commonly also have densely clustered acorns, though this does not apply to all of the species.
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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] The staminate flowers have seven or more stamens. The acorns mature in one year. The seed leaves are either free or fused together. The cup at the base of the acorn has thickened triangular ...
The species is commonly found in moist canyons and on ridges. [8] It also is found in coniferous forests and high elevated lands from 1,500–2,400 m (5,000 to 8,000 ft) above sea level. [6]
The International was originally a nine-hole public course founded as Runaway Brook Golf Club in 1899. [1] The course was purchased in the 1950s by Albert Surprenant [2] and the original course was replaced by an 18 hole layout known as the Pines. [3] The course filed for bankruptcy in 2020, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. It was subsequently ...