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Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×comptoniae Sarg.

The Compton oak at Colonial Williamsburg

A natural hybrid between Quercus lyrata (overcup oak) and Q. virginiana (Southern live oak)

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Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×comptoniae Sarg.

The Compton oak at Colonial Williamsburg

A natural hybrid between Quercus lyrata (overcup oak) and Q. virginiana (Southern live oak)

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