Details for: Ames 36331, Quercus ×sternbergii Lübbert ex Lamant & Coombes, Arbor Hills NP


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Quercus ×sternbergii Lübbert ex Lamant & Coombes
Top Name:
Arbor Hills NP
Origin:
Collected – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
23 Jul 2025
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Quercus ×sternbergii Lübbert ex Lamant & Coombes
Top Name:
Arbor Hills NP
Origin:
Collected – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
23 Jul 2025
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
08 October 2022.
Denton County, Texas, United States
Locality: Arbor Hills Nature Preserve located approximately 8.75 miles west, northwest of Plano *6701 West Parker Road) near intersection of Arbor Vista Drive and Castlemer Drive
Coordinates: 33.0492, -96.8497 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Mature alkaline forest and adjacent thicket on slightly rolling dry soil
Associated species: Cercis canadensis subsp. texensis and Ulmus crassifolia
Comment: Collection assisted by David Richardson.
Collector(s):
Donated
23 July 2025.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Arbor Hills NP
Type: Local name
Sternberg, Guy Starhill Forest Arboretum of Illinois College

Ames 36331
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
Deciduous tree up to 20 meters tall sometimes multistemmed. Bark smooth and grayish when young, cracking with age into irregular quadrangular plates delimited by fissures. Leaves glossy and glabrous above, dull green below with tufts of red hairs in the vein axils, often three-lobed. This hybrid originates from the parentage between Quercus buckleyi (Texas oak) and Quercus shumardii (Shumard Oak). This hybrid has been documented across a narrow band running from northeast to central East Texas. Known to be hardy to USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5. Autumn foliage is long-lasting and scarlet-red in color. Very adaptive to alkaline soils, heat, and drought.
Quercus ×sternbergii Lübbert ex Lamant & Coombes
Genus:
Quercus
Family:
Fagaceae
Subfamily:
Fagoideae
Nomen number:

512576
Place of publication:

Int. Oaks 34:41. 2023
Verified:
07/25/2025 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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