| Quercus congesta | |
| Author | C.Presl. 1822 Delic. Prag. 32 1822 |
| Synonyms | robur var. congesta
(C.Presl) Borzi 1880 pubescens var. congesta (C.Presl) Strobl 1881 insularis Borzi 1911 minaae Lojac. 1907 leptobalana Guss. 1844 longiglandis Vuk. 1880 stenobalana Guss. 1844 ucriae Borzi 1911 lanuginosa subsp congesta (C.Presl) Nyman 1881 lanuginosa var. congesta (C.Presl) Gurke 1897 vulcanica var. nebrodensis Borzi 1905 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Sardinia; Sicily; S Italy; S France; 500-1300 m; |
| Growth habit | to 20 m |
| Leaves | 5-8.5 x 3-5 cm; deciduous; elliptical to oblong; base subcordate; 5-8 pairs of regular, rounded lobes, sometimes lobulate and mucronate; dull adaxially; grey green pubescent beneath , then more or less glabrescent; tertiary veins evident; petiole 4-14 mm long; |
| Flowers | April; male catkins 4-8 cm long, bearing flower with 8-9 stamens longer than the perianth; female catkin 1-5 cm long, bearing 3-8 flowers; |
| Fruits |
acorn 2-3 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide; often erect, sessile on a 1-4 cm long stalk, 3 to 8 together; cup cyathiform, 10-15 mm in diameter, with flat, elongate, straight, appressed, slightly pubescent scales, covering 1/4 of nut; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark brown to blackish, shallowly furrowed into elongate plates; y oung twig greyish pubescent; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not quite hardy (zone 7-8); on siliceous soils ; mediterranean climate ; |
| Miscellaneous | -- Sub-genus Quercus,
Section Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- Closely related to Q.pubescens, bur for Govaerts (and other Authors) it is a true species. -- Obviously different from Q. pubescens which has leaves obovate, narrow base, cup-scales triangular and densely tomentose; |
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| Pictures |
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