New York Metropolitan Flora

Quercus x faxonii (Q. alba × Q. prinoides) Trel. - Hybrid Oak

By Steven D. Glenn

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 02/14/2012

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Quercus x faxonii

Common Names

Hybrid Oak

General Discussion

Quercus x faxonii Trel. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 56: 49. 1917.

This hybrid oak results from the crossing of white and dwarf chestnut oaks; with leaves intermediate in characters between the two parents. Presently there is one record in the New York metropolitan area.
(Hardin, 1975)