Quercus × bimundorum ‘Crimschmidt’

Description

Quercus × bimundorum 'Crimschmidt' is a narrow deciduous tree with a columnar and upright habit. It grows up to 15 m tall and 4-5 m
after a decade. width. The leaves are dark green, turning rusty red in autumn. The variety is highly frost hardy (Zone 5 B).
Discovered by Willet Wandell at his nursery in Oquawka, Illinois, as a seedling of Quercus robur. It was probably pollinated with pollen from Quercus alba. Introduced in 1994 by J. Frank Schmidt Nursery, Boring, Oregon, PP 9103.

The genesis of the species name bimundorum is interesting, well bimundorum is a combination of two words from Latin: bi meaning two and mundus meaning worlds, hence the translation: Two Worlds. In addition, the name: bimundorum specifies, the origin of the species being a hybrid between the pin oak Quercus robur (from the "old world") and the white oak Quercus alba, native to eastern North America (i.e. the "new world").