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Quercus variabilis | |
Author | Blume 1851 Mus. Bot. 1: 297 |
Synonyms | bungeana Forbes 1884 chinensis Bunge 1833, nom. illeg. not Abel 1818 moulei Hance 1875 serrata Carruthers not Thunb. nor S. & Z. serrata var. chinensis Wenz. 1886 variabilis var. megaphylla T.B.Chao 1981 variabilis var. pyramidalis T.B.Chao & al. 1981 |
Local names | shuan
pi li ; |
Range | Japan, China,
Korea, Taiwan, Tibet; to 3400 m; introduced in Europe in 1861; |
Growth habit | reaches 25 m
in the wild (smaller in cultivation); open, spreading crown; |
Leaves | 8-15 x 2-5 cm;
oboval; apex pointed; base rounded or remotely cuneate; margin with 15-18
pairs of teeth ending in cusp; dark, shiny, rich green above, with dense
stellate greyish tomentum; minutely silvery stellate pubescent beneath;
9-16 vein pairs; petiole 2.5-3 cm long, pale green; |
Flowers | April-May |
Fruits | acorn 1-2 cm
long, subglobose; stalkless; almost all enclosed by cup; cup with long,
reflected scales; maturing in 2 years; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark corky, strongly furrowed, pinkish grey to brown grey; twig olive brown to pale brown, almost hairless, somewhat shiny, becoming grey brown; buds narrow, pointed, 5 mm long; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy;
prefers dry soils; rather slow-growing; |
Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 121; -- Sub-genus Cerris, section Cerris; |
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