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Mapleleaf Oak (Quercus acerifolia)

  • Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • State: AR
  • Nature Serve ID: 129701
  • Lifeform: Tree
  • Categories of Interest: Oaks
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 03/05/1993
Description:

Where is Mapleleaf Oak (Quercus acerifolia) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Mapleleaf Oak can be found in Arkansas

Which CPC Partners conserve Mapleleaf Oak (Quercus acerifolia)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

Center for Plant Conservation
  • 10/08/2021
  • Genetic Research

As noted at a 2020 GCCO meeting, The Morton Arboretum Conservation Biology lab is collecting 19 microsat regions for 316 garden vs. 148 wild individuals to compare genetic diversity capture.

Center for Plant Conservation
  • 10/08/2021
  • Conservation Grove

As noted at a 2020 meeting of the Global Conservation Consortium of Oaks, The Morton Arboretum is planning a conservation grove of 200 Quercus acerifolia trees.

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Nomenclature
Taxon Quercus acerifolia
Authority (E.J. Palmer) Stoynoff & W.J. Hess
Family Fagaceae
CPC Number 3693
ITIS 507142
USDA QUAC2
Duration Perennial
Common Names Maple-leaved Oak | maple-leaf oak | mapleleaf oak
Associated Scientific Names Quercus shumardii var. acerifolia | Quercus acerifolia
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
Arkansas S1
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