OakSoriety

Quercus 'Zehra' Coombes

Full name:

Quercus 'Zehra' Coombes, Journ. Int. Dendrol. Soc., 2015: 49 (2016)Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered is an accepted name.

Infrageneric Classification:

Subgenus Quercus, Section Lobatae

Nomenclature Note:

A hybrid between Q. falcata and Q. rysophylla. Found growing at the Karaca Arboretum in 2002. Named Zehra after the daughter of Hayrettin Karaca.

Description:

Grown for its ornamental evergreen appearance.

Natural Distribution:

From cultivation

Nomenclatural Standard:

HILL 3615

Nomenclatural Standard (Cultivar) or Type:

  • Photograph by Brian Pancott for the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
    Photograph by Brian Pancott for the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens

Illustration of Leaves

  • Image from stockplant at Pavia Nurseries (Belgium), 2009
    Image from stockplant at Pavia Nurseries (Belgium), 2009  Image Jan De Langhe  © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar