Quercus 'Coconino' Russell

Full name:

Quercus 'Coconino' Russell, Int. Oaks 30:362 (2019)Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered is an accepted name.

Infrageneric Classification:

Subgenus Quercus, Section Quercus

Parentage:

Q. arizonica Sarg. × Q. turbinella Greene

Nomenclature Note:

Grown from seed collected in Oak Creek Canyon, AZ in the early 1970s by Allan Taylor. Named after Coconino County, AZ where the seed was collected.

Description:

Small, spreading tree (5 × 4 m after 45 years) with small blue-green, prickly leaves. Putative hybrid of Q. arizonica and Q. turbinella, but exact parentage is undetermined.

Nomenclatural Standard:

8265 HILL