Kindred Spirit Hybrid Oak

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Kindred Spirit With Foliage
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fagales
familia = Fagaceae
genus = "Quercus"

Kindred Spirit Hybrid Oak is an oak hybrid of "Quercus robur fastigiata" x "Quercus bicolor" thus forming a "Quercus x warei". In lay terms this means an Upright English Oak was hybridized with a Swamp White Oak and this tree was one of the progeny. The proper name of this tree is "Quercus x warei" 'Nadler' Kindred Spirit. This tree has also been referenced as the 'Nadler' oak. The plant is protected under United States Plant Patent 17604 [ [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/PP17604.html United States Patent PP17604] ] . The ortet, or mother tree, is 35 feet tall with a limb spread of 6 feet at an age of 30 years old, and resides in Jacksonville, Illinois. This plant also exhibits heterosis, hybrid vigor, due to the fact that it is a hybrid.

The Kindred Spirit is highly resistant to powdery mildew [ [http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/hgic2049.htm Powdery Mildew Link] ] , which plagues the "Q. robur" parentage [ [http://hort.ufl.edu/trees/QUEROBA.pdf United States Forest Service "Quercus rober"] ,] . The cultivar 'Long' which is also a "Quercus x warei" sold under the name Regal Prince [ [http://buckeyegardening.com/potm0406.html Regal Prince Info] ] is a sister seedling to this selection. Both of these cultivars were selected out of batch of chance seedlings that were collected from the University of Missouri - Columbia campus.

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References

* "Growing Trends: The Official Publication of the Illinois Green Industry Association". "Landscape Architects Meet Heritage Trees... Heritage Trees Meet Some Landscape Architects." July 2007, pp. 16, 19

External links

* [http://www.floridata.com/ref/Q/quer_rob.cfm "Quercus robur"]
* [http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/q/quebic/quebic1.html "Quercus bicolor"]
* [http://www.robinsonnursery.com/trees/Quercus%20x%20'Kindred%20Spirit'.pdf Kindred Spirit Additional Info]
* [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=PP17604.PN.&OS=PN/PP17604&RS=PN/PP17604 Kindred Spirit Patent Info]