| Quercus serrata | |
| Author | Murray 1784 |
| Synonyms | canescens
Blume 1850 donarium Nakai 1915 glandulifera var. donarium (Nakai) A.Camus 1935 glandulifera var. brevipetioleata (A.DC) Nakai 1924 glandulifera var. stellatopilosa W.H. Zhang glandulifera var. tomentosa B.C.Ding & T.B.Chao 1981 neoglandulifera Nakai 1922 neoglandulosa Nakai 1934 ningqiangensis S.Z.Qu & W.H.Zhang 1986 serrata var. brevipetioleata (A.DC) Nakai 1926 serrata var. tomentosa (Ding & Chao) Hsu & Wei Jen 1993 urticifolia Bl. var. brevipetioleata A.DC 1864 |
| Local names | bao li ; |
| Range | China,
Taiwan, Japan, Korea ; 100 to 2000 m |
| Growth habit | reaches 25 m tall; |
| Leaves | 7-17
x 3-9 cm; deciduous; narrowly oval elliptic; leathery; apex pointed; base cuneate
or slightly rounded; margin denticulate, glandular; densely hairy when young,
becoming glabrous; 7-12 vein pairs; subsessile or with a short petiole (to 3 cm);
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| Flowers | March-April;
pistillate inflorescences 1.5-3 cm long; |
| Fruits | acorn
1.7-2 cm long; ovoid or subglobose; enclosed 1/4 to 1/3 by cup; cup with appressed,
hairy, triangular scales; maturing in 1 year; |
| Bark, twigs and | bark
grey or dark reddish brown, slightly furrowed longitudinaly; young shoot hairless; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy;
inhabits broad-leaved deciduous forests; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A.Camus : n° 142; -- Q.serrata and Q.glandulifera should be distinct, according to Sargent ; |
| Subspecies and varieties | --
subsp serrata : the type described -- Q.
monnula Hsu & Wei Jen 1979, in
Sichuan and Yunnan, is probably a hybrid between Q.serrata and Q.aliena. |
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