| Quercus trojana | |
| Author | Webb 1839 |
| Synonyms | aegilops
Griseb. 1844, not L aegilops var. macedonica (A.DC) Fiori & Paol. 1898. grisebachii Kotschy 1891 macedonica A.DC 1864 trojana Jaubert & Spach 1842 trojana f. macrobalana Gavioli 1935 |
| Local names | Trojan
oak; Macedonia's oak; |
| Range | SE Italy; the Balkans; Asia Minor; introduced in Europe in 1890; |
| Growth habit | not exceeding 15-20 m, with trunk to 0.6 m in diameter; crown at first conical, then domed; |
| Leaves | 3-9 x 2-5 cm; semi-evergreen; oval lanceolate; leathery; apex pointed, base rounded or subcordate; margin toothed, with 6-12 pairs of mucronate teeth; both sides glabrous and slightly glaucous; petiole 0.2-0.5 cm, sparsely hairy; |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | acorn 2.7-4.5 cm long, 1.8-2 cm in diameter; apex truncate; cup sessile or nearly so, 2.5 cm in diameter, with long, spreading scales, enclosing 2/3 of nut; maturing in 2 years; |
| Bark, twigs and | bark grey brown, furrowed; twigs brown green, sometimes with a few stellate hairs, turning grey brown; bud small, 2 mm long, with persistent stipules around terminal one; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; all types of soils; fast-growing; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 119 ; -- resembles Q. cerris, but cup scales are not so long, leaves are less lobed, buds lack the long setose stipules; resembles also Q. libani, but smaller leaves with teeth short and pointed, and petioles shorter; |
| Subspecies
and varieties | -- ssp yaltirikii
Zielinski, Petrova & Tomaszewski 2006 -- ssp euboica (Papioann.) K.I.Chr. 1997 |
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