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Quercus mongolica | |
Author | Fisch. ex Ledeb. 1850 Fl. Ross. 3(2): 589 |
Synonyms | crispula var.
manshurica Koidz. 1912 funebris Léveillé ex Nakai 1915 kirinensis Nakai 1939 liaotungensis Koidzumi 1912 (Camus : n° 148) mongolica var. kirinensis (Nakai) Kitagawa1979 mongolica var. liaotungensis (Koidz.) Nakai 1915 mongolica var. macrocarpa H.Wei Jen & Wang 1984 mongolica var. manschurica (Koidz.) Nakai 1915 sessiliflora Salisb. var. mongolica (Fisch. ex Ledeb.) Franchet 1884 undulatifolia Léveillé ex Nakai 1915 wutaishanica Mayr 1906 |
Local names | meng gu li ; |
Range | China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, E.Russia, Sachaline Islands; 200 to 2500 m ; introduced in Europe in 1879; |
Growth habit | 20-35 m tall; crown ovoid, sometimes flattened; |
Leaves | 10-20 (30) x 4-11 cm ; sometimes marcescent; oboval; leathery; toothed (7-10 broad teeth each side); apex pointed, base rounded or auricled; hairless above, simple hairs beneath along veins; crowded at the end of the shoot; dark red at fall; 10-18 hairy vein pairs; tertiary veins evident; petiole short (2-8 mm); |
Flowers | May-June; perianth with 6 lobes; rachis of male inflorescence hairless; |
Fruits | acorn 1.4-2.2 cm long, 1.1-1.6 cm in diameter; ovoid; yellowish; hairless except near apex; enclosed 1/3 to 1/2 by cup; cup with hairless, gibbose scales; maturing in 1 year; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark greyish, deeply furrowed; twig hairless, angled, brown, lenticellate; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; prefers acidic soils; not very vigorous; |
Miscellaneous | -- A.Camus : n° 140; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- This species is variable and widespreading; numerous varieties have been named, that are actually geographic forms; i.e. the name Q.wutaishanica (see below); |
Subspecies and varieties |
-- subsp mongolica -- subsp crispula (Blume) Menitsky 1973
Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 114 -- Q. wutaishanica Mayr 1906 Fremdländ.
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