Quercus × bebbiana

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Quercus × bebbiana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species:
Q. × bebbiana
Binomial name
Quercus × bebbiana
C.K.Schneid.[1]

Quercus × bebbiana (or Quercus bebbiana), known as Bebb's oak, is a naturally occurring hybrid of white oak (Quercus alba) and burr oak (Quercus macrocarpa). It occurs where their ranges overlap in the eastern United States and eastern Canada.[2] It was named for Michael Schuck Bebb (1833–1895), an Illinois botanist who specialized in willows (Salix).[3]

A tree reaching 15 m, and available from specialty nurseries, its acorns are sweet enough to be palatable to humans.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 201 (1904)
  2. ^ "Quercus × bebbiana C.K.Schneid". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. ^ Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
  4. ^ "Quercus x bebbiana - C.Schneid". pfaf. Plants For A Future. Retrieved 18 October 2020. … sweet and can be eaten out of hand
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