| Quercus frainetto | |
| Author | Ten.1813 Fl. Napol. 1(Suppl. 2): lxxii |
| Synonyms | apennina Loisel 1819, not appenina Lam.1785 byzantina Borbas 1887 conferta Kitoibel 1814 farnetto Tenore 1819 hungarica Hubeny 1830 pannonica Endl. 1848 spectabilis Kit. ex Simonk. 1883 strigosa Wierzb. ex Rochel 1838 |
| Local names | Hungarian
oak; |
| Range | South Italy; Hungary; The Balkans; South of the Black Sea; 200-1000 m; |
| Growth habit | 25-30 m; rounded
crown; stout trunk reaching 2 m in diameter; |
| Leaves | 10-25 x 8-15
cm; crowded at the tip of twigs; oboval, more or less oblong; base auricled,
apex rounded (with often 3 small lobes); deeply cut, with 7-10 lobes each
side, most of them lobulate; lustrous dark green, slightly rough above
(some sessile, fasciculate trichomes, sometimes solitary and bulbous ones);
greyish tomentose, soft beneath (tufts of stipitate fasciculate trichomes,
with some solitary and simple uniseriate ones); 6-9 pairs of lateral veins,
few tertiary ones; petiole hairy, 0.2-0.8 cm long, hairy; |
| Flowers | male flowers on 5-8 cm catkins, drooping, golden brown; in June; |
| Fruits | acorn 2 cm;
enclosed 1/3 to 1/2 by cup; cup with short stalk, and broad, appressed,
pubescent scales; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
furrowed, light grey; twig pale brown green, slightly pubescent; bud ovoid
1 cm long, crimson at first, becoming pale grey brown; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy;
all types of soils; fast growing; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 126 ; -- Sub-genus Quercus, section Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- Fairly rare; |
| Subspecies and varieties |
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f. platyphylla Gavioli 1935 leaves leathery, clustered at the top of shoot, broad and short, less tomentose beneath than the type, with margin less deeply cut, lobes broad and rounded; acorn in clusters of 2 to 8 or more; perhaps a hybrid with Q.congesta; South Italy |
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