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    Quercus robur cultivar
    Fastigiate pedunculate oak

    Harris Garden 2022:04:21

    Quercus robur cultivar is a deciduous broadleaf flowering (angiosperm) plant of the Fagaceae or Beech family, a cultivated variety.

    This is a fastigiate variety (meaning "having closely bunched erect parallel branches") of the common oak Quercus robur. Fastigiate oaks have an columnar form, appearing almost like a conifer from a distance. They are planted to form avenues or tall hedging.

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    Acknowledgements

    I would like to thank Rupert Taylor, Alastair Culham, Jonathan Mitchley, Marcus Wheeler, Benoît Vannière and Miguel Teixeira for tree identifications, Dylan Parkes and Martin Watts for collaboration on the centenary project, Dan Hodson for useful code examples, Studio Lift for CSS and PHP, Brian Hunt and Trevor Smith for testing routes and software and contributing text, and Benoît, Marcus, Steve George, Brian, Trevor, the Friends of the University of Reading, and other friends for their encouragement during the development of the website. I am grateful to the University and its grounds staff for maintaining Whiteknights Park.