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  Quercus x pseudosuber
Author Desf. 1800, not Santi 1795
Synonyms pyrenaica X suber
(for C. Vicioso, 1950, it is faginea subsp. broteroi X suber subsp. subcrinita)
Local names
Range Spain (near Gibraltar)
Growth habit
Leaves 6-12 cm ; ovate-lanceolate, margin coarsely dentate; hairless, dark green, lustrous above; beneath woolly, whitish;
Flowers
Fruits 2 or 3 together on a very short axis; cup with soft, narrow, pubescent scales;

Bark, twigs and
buds

bark as much corky as that of Q. suber; young twigs tomentose, whitish;
Hardiness zone, habitat
Miscellaneous - Q. x pseudosuber Santi 1795 is the synonym of Q. x hispanica;
Subspecies and
varieties
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