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Plant Profile

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)?

The Morton Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/13/17

The Dawes Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 03/18/19

Polly Hill Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 03/29/19

The Huntington

Not Sponsored

Assigned 10/30/23

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

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

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.