OakSoriety

Quercus 'Chocha' Coombes

Full name:

Quercus 'Chocha' Coombes, Journ. Int. Dendrol. Soc., 2015: 46 (2016)Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered is an accepted name.

Infrageneric Classification:

Subgenus Quercus, Section Lobatae

Nomenclature Note:

Received acorns of Q. rysophylla from a specimen at Chocha, Ustaritz, SW France, the property of Michel Duhart. Thought to be a hybrid with Q. rubra.

Description:

Selected by Francisco Garin, Jardín Botánico de Iturraran, Spain. Leaves slightly leathery, intermediate in texture between Q. rysophylla and Q. rubra, orange fall color.

Natural Distribution:

From cultivation

Nomenclatural Standard:

7892 HILL

Illustration of Leaves

  • Image from a plant at Iturraran Botanical Garden (Spain), 2015.
    Image from a plant at Iturraran Botanical Garden (Spain), 2015.  Image Jan De Langhe  © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar
  • Image from a plant at Iturraran Botanical Garden (Spain), 2015.
    Image from a plant at Iturraran Botanical Garden (Spain), 2015.  Image Jan De Langhe  © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar
  • Image from a plant at Iturraran Botanical Garden (Spain), 2015.
    Image from a plant at Iturraran Botanical Garden (Spain), 2015.  Image Jan De Langhe  © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar
  • Image from a plant at Iturraran Botanical Garden (Spain), 2015.
    Image from a plant at Iturraran Botanical Garden (Spain), 2015.  Image Jan De Langhe  © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar
  • Image from a plant at Iturraran Botanical Garden (Spain), 2015.
    Image from a plant at Iturraran Botanical Garden (Spain), 2015.  Image Jan De Langhe  © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar