| Quercus castaneifolia | |
| Author | C.A.Meyer 1831 Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer. 44 1831. |
| Synonyms | aegilops L. var. castaneifolia (C.A.Mey.)
K.Koch 1849 castaneifolia subsp aitchisoniana A.Camus 1934 castaneifolia subsp eucastaneifolia A.Camus 1938 sintenisiana O.Schwarz 1935 |
| Local names | chesnut
leaf oak; palout; Kabyl's afares; |
| Range | Iran; Caucasus; South and Southwest of Caspian Sea; mounts of Algeria; |
| Growth habit | reaches 30 m tall and more (to 50 m), trunk reaching 3 m in diameter; crown broadly conical; limbs straight, stout, somewhat swollen near trunk; |
| Leaves | 8-20 x 5-9 cm; variable in size; late deciduous; oblong, elliptic, more or less elongated; apex acuminate; base cordate or cuneate ; shiny dark green, glabrous above; densely greyish-white pubescent beneath, becoming glabrous, made or sessile-stellate trichomes with 8-14 rays; midrib yellow; 9-14 (often 11) pairs of lateral veins, ending in triangular, blunt, mucronate teeth; petiole light green, pubescent, 2-4 cm long; |
| Flowers | male catkins 3-10 cm long; female catkins almost conical, much shorter, bearing 1-3 sessile or nearly so flowers; 3-6 stamens; |
| Fruits | acorn ovoid or ellipsoid, 2 cm long; hemispherical cup with elongated and more or less recurving, tomentose scales, covering 1/2 of nut; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
first black and smooth, becoming grey with orangish furrows; twigs dark
brown with white lenticels, becoming hairless in the second year; terminal
bud 1 cm long, lateral ones 0.5 cm; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; all types of soils; very fast growing; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 117 ; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cerris, sub-section Cerris (with look, cerris and euboica); -- Rare; -- The triangular, somewhat blunt teeth set it apart from Q.libani whose teeth are pointed; |
| Subspecies and varieties |
-- one cultivar : 'Green Spire', columnar and compact, 18 m tall, fast growing; cultivated since 1948; -- hybrid with Q. cerris ; |
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