| Quercus mongolica | |
| Author | Fisch. ex Ledeb. 1850 Fl. Ross. 3(2): 589 |
| Synonyms | crispula var.
manshurica Koidz. 1912 funebris Léveillé ex Nakai 1915 kirinensis Nakai 1939 liaotungensis Koidzumi 1912 (Camus : n° 148) mongolica var. kirinensis (Nakai) Kitagawa1979 mongolica var. liaotungensis (Koidz.) Nakai 1915 mongolica var. macrocarpa H.Wei Jen & Wang 1984 mongolica var. manschurica (Koidz.) Nakai 1915 sessiliflora Salisb. var. mongolica (Fisch. ex Ledeb.) Franchet 1884 undulatifolia Léveillé ex Nakai 1915 wutaishanica Mayr 1906 |
| Local names | meng gu li ; |
| Range | China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, E.Russia, Sachaline Islands; 200 to 2500 m ; introduced in Europe in 1879; |
| Growth habit | 20 m tall and more; often a shrub; crown ovoid, sometimes flattened; |
| Leaves | 6-15 x 4-6 cm ; sometimes marcescent; leathery; crowded at the end of the shoot; oboval or oboval-oblong; apex shortly attenuate, rounded; base abruptly narrowed, rounded or auricled; margin sinuate-toothed (5-10 broad teeth each side); dark green, shiny, hairless above; simple hairs beneath along veins; dark red at fall; 6-11 vein pairs, raised abaxially, at an angle of 45-50° with midrib; tertiary veins not evident; petiole short (3-8 mm), glabrescent; |
| Flowers | May-June, with leaves; female catkin short, flowers with 3-5 stigmas; male catkin hairless, 5-8 cm long ; perianth with 6 lobes; the filament of the stamen often longer than the anther; |
| Fruits | acorn 1.4-2.2 cm long, 1.1-1.6 cm in diameter; ovoid; yellowish; hairless except near apex; 1 to 3 together on a 2-10 mm long peduncle; enclosed 1/3 to 1/2 by cup; cup thick, with hairless, gibbose scales; maturing in 1 year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark greyish, deeply furrowed; twig hairless, angled, brown, lenticellate; small glabrescent buds, grouped at the end of twig; stipules short, deciduous, hairy; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; prefers acidic soils; not very vigorous; |
| Miscellaneous | -- A.Camus : tome 2, p. 133,
n° 140; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- This species is variable and widespreading; numerous varieties have been named, that are actually geographic forms; i.e. the name Q.wutaishanica (see below); |
| Subspecies and varieties |
-- subsp mongolica -- subsp crispula (Blume) Menitsky 1973
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