Grid reference | ST 17504 77319 |
Common name | Durango Emory oak |
Origin | Mexico |
Deciduous | Semi-evergreen |
Status | GB Champion 2023 |
Missing tag | 2987 |
Old tag | 318 |
Planted | 1990/91 |
Height | 12M January 2016 |
Girth | 63cm December 2015 |
Girth | 87cm February 2023 |
Reference | 369 |
This tree is towards the centre of the Maple Lawn.
General tree description
Quercus durifolia is a small tree, normally up to around 9 metres tall. It has grey-green, lanceolate leaves that are white and woolly underneath and 3 to 6cm long. The acorns are 1cm long, half enclosed in a cup covered with light grey hairs.