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<!DOCTYPE Plant_Description SYSTEM "file:///D:/grants/IMLSUIUCHerbarium/XMLDesign/Plant_description_3.dtd">
<Plant_Description>
	<global_ID_number/>
	<special_diagnostic_characters/>
	<taxon>
		<Kingdom>Plantae</Kingdom>
		<Subkingdon>Tracheobionta</Subkingdon>
		<Division>Magnoliophyta</Division>
		<Class>Magnoliopsida</Class>
		<Order>Hamamelidae</Order>
		<Family>Fagaceae</Family>
		<Genus>Quercus</Genus>
		<Species>imaginarum</Species>
		<Name>
			<Epithet>imaginarum</Epithet>
			<Authority>Bender, 1632</Authority>
		</Name>
	</taxon>
	<plant_habit_and_life_style>
		<habitat>Upright</habitat>
		<woodiness> Woody</woodiness>
		<growth_habit> Tree</growth_habit>
		<growth_form> Bunching</growth_form>
		<nutrition> Autotrophic</nutrition>
		<carnivory>carnivorous</carnivory>
		<life_span> Perennial</life_span>
		<plant_height_when_mature>1020</plant_height_when_mature>
	</plant_habit_and_life_style>
	<stems>
		<stem_types> Aerial stem</stem_types>
		<stem_features/>
		<pith>Continuous</pith>
		<stem_surface_features>Glabrous</stem_surface_features>
	</stems>
	<leaves>
		<leaf_duration> Deciduous</leaf_duration>
		<leaf_arrangement> Opposite</leaf_arrangement>
		<leaf_complexity>Simple</leaf_complexity>
		<leaf_shape> Fan-shaped</leaf_shape>
		<leaflet_shape>Fan-shaped</leaflet_shape>
		<leaf_veins>Pinnate</leaf_veins>
		<leaflet_veins>Palmate</leaflet_veins>
		<leaf_base> Acute</leaf_base>
		<leaflet_base>Acuminate</leaflet_base>
		<leaf_apex> Obtuse</leaf_apex>
		<leaflet_apex>Obtuse</leaflet_apex>
		<leaf_attachment> Sessile</leaf_attachment>
		<leaflet_attachment> Sessile</leaflet_attachment>
		<leaf_lobing>Pinnate</leaf_lobing>
		<leaflet_lobing>Pinnate</leaflet_lobing>
		<leaf_length>30</leaf_length>
		<leaflet_length>20</leaflet_length>
		<leaf_width>20</leaf_width>
		<leaflet_width>10</leaflet_width>
		<stipules> Absent</stipules>
		<leaf_margin> Dentate</leaf_margin>
		<leaflet_margin> Dentate</leaflet_margin>
		<leaf_upper_surface> Villous</leaf_upper_surface>
		<leaf_lower_surface>Villoust</leaf_lower_surface>
		<petiole_surface>Villous</petiole_surface>
		<rachis_surface>Villous</rachis_surface>
		<leaf_buds>Villous</leaf_buds>
	</leaves>
	<flowers_cones>
		<bloom_time>04/01 - 10/30</bloom_time>
		<flower_attachment> Sessile</flower_attachment>
		<flower_buds/>
		<inflorescence_position> Axillary</inflorescence_position>
		<inflorescence> Terminal</inflorescence>
		<flower_color>Red</flower_color>
		<breeding_system> Dioecious</breeding_system>
		<flower_symmetry> Irregular (bilaterially symmetric)</flower_symmetry>
		<petal_color>Red</petal_color>
		<petal_number>35</petal_number>
		<petal_fusion>Separate</petal_fusion>
		<petal_length>20</petal_length>
		<sepal_color>Red</sepal_color>
		<sepal_number>5</sepal_number>
		<sepal_fusion>Fused</sepal_fusion>
		<sepal_length>10</sepal_length>
		<position_of_ovary> Half-inferior</position_of_ovary>
		<stamen_number>8</stamen_number>
		<pistil_number>2</pistil_number>
		<styles_per_pistil>2</styles_per_pistil>
	</flowers_cones>
	<fruits>
		<fruit_types>Schizocarp</fruit_types>
		<seeds>Yes</seeds>
	</fruits>
	<other_features>
		<placentation>yes</placentation>
		<root_type> Fibrous root</root_type>
	</other_features>
</Plant_Description>