Quercus gambelii 'Three Sisters' D. Benoit

Full name:

Quercus gambelii 'Three Sisters' D. Benoit, Belg. Dendrol. Belge, 2005: 16 (2006) Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered

is an accepted name.

Infrageneric Classification:

Subgenus Quercus, Section Quercus

Nomenclature Note:

Published as a cultivar of Q. gambelii by D. Benoit in 2006, but later referred to as Q. ×mazei publ. in prep. 'Three Sisters' by E. Jablonski in 2014 (see here). Benoit, in an English version of his 2006 article, published on the Pavia Nursery website, wrote: "Not far from this tree are three charming little trees with small but long, deeply cut leaves like those of some forms of Q. alba. Allan named these trees ‘The Three Sisters,’ and this will be the name of record for material collected from them. These trees appear to be of mixed ancestry, although Q. gambelii seems to be the strongest element."