| Quercus frainetto | |
| Author | Ten.1813 |
| Synonyms | apennina Loisel 1819, not appenina Lam.1785 byzantina Borbas 1887 conferta Kitoibel 1814 farnetto Tenore 1819 hungarica Hubeny 1830 pannonica Endl. 1848 spectabilis Kit. ex Simonk. 1883 strigosa Wierzb. ex Rochel 1838 |
| Local names | Hungarian oak; |
| Range | South Italy; Hungary; The Balkans; South of the Black Sea; |
| Growth habit | 25-30 m; rounded crown; stout
trunk reaching 2 m in diameter; |
| Leaves | 10-25 x 8-15 cm; crowded at
the tip of twigs; oboval, more or less oblong; base heart-shaped to auricled,
apex rounded (with often 3 small lobes); deeply cut, with 7-10 lobe each
side; lustrous dark green, slightly rough above; greyish tomentose, soft
beneath; petiole hairy, 0.2-1.2 cm long; |
| Flowers | male flowers on 5-8 cm catkins, drooping, golden brown; in June; |
| Fruits | acorn 2 cm; enclosed 1/3 to
1/2 by cup; cup with short stalk, and broad, appressed, pubescent scales;
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Bark, twigs and |
bark furrowed,
light grey; twig pale brown green, slightly pubescent; bud ovoid 1 cm
long, crimson at first, becoming pale grey brown; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; all types
of soils; fast growing; |
| Miscellaneous | -- A. Camus : n°
126 ; -- fairly rare; |
| Subspecies and varieties |
-- f. platyphylla
Gavioli 1935 leaves leathery, clustered at the top of shoot, broad and short, less tomentose beneath than the type, with margin less deeply cut, lobes broad and rounded; acorn in clusters of 2 to 8 or more; perhaps a hybrid with Q.congesta; South Italy |
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