| 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 leptobalanus 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 pinnatifida Borzi 1911 vulcanica var. nebrodensis Borzi 1905 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Sardinia; Sicily; S Italy; S France; |
| Growth habit | |
| 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; tertiary veins evident; petiole 4-14 mm long; |
| Flowers | male 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; on a 1-4 cm long stalk, 1 to 5 together; cup cyathiform, 10-15 mm in diameter, with flat scales slightly appressed, covering 1/4 of nut; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark brown to blackish, shallowly furrowed; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not quite hardy (zone 7-8); |
| Miscellaneous | -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section
Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- Closely related to Q.pubescens, bur for Govaerts (and others) it is a true species. |
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