| Quercus orocantabrica | |
| Author | Rivas-Mart., Penas, T.E.Diaz & Llamas 2002 Itinera Geobot. 15: 706 |
| Synonyms | |
| Local names | roble cantabrica |
| Range | Cantabriques
Mounts, in North of Spain (Asturias). |
| Growth habit | small
tree, or shrub; |
| Leaves | papery,
covered with thick cuticle ; base weakly auricled; |
| Flowers | male
flowers with bigger stamens than those of Q.robur, with pubescent
perianth; |
| Fruits | acorn
globose or widely ovate; scare flat; apex subtruncate; wider and flatter
cup than Q.robur, with scales pinkish glabrescent above, densely
whitish tomentose on their margin ; |
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Bark, twigs and |
budscales
glabrescent, with margin ciliate; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | wet
places, on acidic siliceous soils ; |
| Miscellaneous | --
Was considered as Q.x rosacea (= Q.robur X Q.petraea). -- Hybridizes with Q.petraea ( = Q.x puentei ), and with Q.pyrenaica (= Q.penasii). |
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