Bee Bee's Oak

Quercus x bebbiana Fagaceae

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Eastern North America

Location

Schnee Oak Collection

Source of plant

Oikos Tree Crops, Arborvillage Farm Nursery

Description

Leaves very large, variable, more or less lobed, pubescent beneath (!), usually with 5 lobes on either side; fruits solitary (occasionally 2-3 stunted ones together), the cup deeper than that of Q. alba and without the fringed limb. Appears among the parents.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4