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Quercus libani | |
Author | G.Olivier 1801 Voy. Emp. Othoman 2: 290 |
Synonyms | carduchorum K.Koch 1849 serratifolia Benth. ex Petzh. & Kirchn. 1864 squarrosa Kotschy ex A.DC 1864 tchihatchewii Kotschy 1860 |
Local names | Lebanon's oak; |
Range | Syria,
Turkey, Asia Minor (in mountains); introduced in Europe in 1856 (in Great
Britain); |
Growth habit | 10-20
m; sometimes less than 3 m; |
Leaves | 5-12
x 2-3 cm; deciduous or semi-evergreen; oblong to oblong-lanceolate; base
rounded to subcordate; apex pointed; dark lustrous green adaxially; paler
beneath, slightly pubescent at first, then glabrescent (seldom with a
dense stellate indumentum); margin more or less regularly serrate; 10-16
vein pairs, each ending in a long mucronate (or aristate) tooth; petiole
slender, 0.6-1 cm; |
Flowers | |
Fruits | acorn 2 cm long, apically truncate-flattened; peduncle short (less than 1 cm) and thick; enclosed 3/4 by cup; cup thick with long, recurved, tomentose scales; maturing in 2 years; basal scar flat or convex, large; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark
dark grey with orangey-coloured furrows; young twig tomentose, often reddish-brown
and glabrescent; twigs olive brown, rough, lenticellate; buds red brown,
scaly; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy;
all types of soils; |
Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 111; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cerris; -- Slow growing; lives up to 100 years; -- Despite its name, it does not exist in Lebanon ; |
Subspecies and varieties |
--- This species is strongly
variable concerning the leaves (pubescence of lower side), and cupule;
in 1967, Djavanchir-Khoie described
numerous new species in Lebanon, but they are actually synonyms of Q.libani. --- Q.libani
var. vesca : see Q.vesca
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