Report from the Oak ICRA checklist
Full Name: - Quercus cerris 'Mercedes'
Quercus cerris 'Mercedes' Jablonski Int. Oaks 21: 38 (2010)  | ||||
| Infrageneric Classification Subgenus Cerris, Section Cerris | ||||
| Etymology Named by the originator, André Charlier, after his wife Mercedes. | ||||
| Description A form selected for its deeply dissected leaves up to 14.5 × 7.5 cm, which are dull-green above, pale grey beneath, and densely stellate-hairy on both sides, base asymmetrical, auriculate, petiole very short, 1 - 4 mm. The dissection sometimes to the midr | ||||
| Nomenclatural Standard (Cultivar) or Type Harold Hillier Herbarium HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6805. E. J. Jablonski 08082003, 20 August 2008, collected together with Piers Trehane and André Charlier from the original plant (ortet) at Arboretum Rond Chêne, Esneux, Belgium. | ||||
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