Quercus deserticola #001.2010A

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Plant Accession Number:

001.2010A

Accepted Name:

Quercus deserticola Trel.

Accession Date:

Feb 12, 2010

Garden Area:

Millennium Bridge South

Recorded Heights:

Height	Date
0.3 Metres	May 1, 2011
0.4 Metres	Jul 11, 2011
0.4 Metres	Dec 21, 2011
0.3 Metres	Apr 18, 2012

Group:

section Quercus (the white oaks)

Taxon Description:

A small tree up to 10 m tall, often less, with a shrubby and usually wide-spreading habit. It is found in pine/oak woods in dry, rocky places. The densely hairy shoots bear obovate to oblong leaves up to 10 cm long and 5 cm wide. They are bronze when young and densely hairy. Mature leaves are dark grey-green above and hairy on both sides, with up to six shallow pointed lobes on each margin, or sometimes entire. Acorns ovoid to 2 cm long, ripening in the first year, half included in a scaly cup to 1.5 cm across, borne singly or in small clusters on a stalk to 2.5 cm long. Introduced by Allen Coombes in 1995.We have one tree planted out about ten years ago in the Rifle Range. It was slow to get established, but since then has put on significant growth. New growth is often a spectacular display of pink shoots. It is probably the only specimen in the UK.

Natural Range:

C & W Mex