| Quercus x numantina | |
| Author | Ceballos & C.Vicioso Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 2: 200 (1942) |
| Synonyms |
x alentejana Pinto Gomes &
F.M.Vázquez 2015 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Portugal (Algarve, Baixo and Alto Alentejo, Estremadura); Spain (some small groups or isolated individuals in Badajoz and Huelva provinces); |
| Growth habit | tree to 35 m |
| Leaves | 6-12 cm x 4-8; deciduous; leathery; lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate; plane; base cuneate; both sides pubescent, with underside various types of trichome: long, simple, fascicled, ramified (as in Q. pyrenaica, which lacks ramified hairs though, that are present in Q. marianica); margin serrate with frequent spiny or mucronate teeth; to 13 vein pairs, yellow beneath, green above; petiole pilose, coriaceous, green, 5-12 mm long; |
| Flowers | variable female inflorescences, with 1-9 flowers; peduncle 5-28 mm long; |
| Fruits | acorn elongate, pointed, reaching 3 cm long and 1.5 cm wide; cupscales appressed, hairy; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark dark, furrowed into plates; young twigs pubescent, soon becoming glabrous; bud globose, with pubescent, concave, brown scales; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy zone 7; sandy calcareous soils; |
| Miscellaneous | -- Very polymorphic species. -- Hybrids with numerous local species, including Q. canariensis, Q. estremadurensis, Q. suber. -- Actually, given the date of publication, the "good" name for this taxon is Q. x numantina. |
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| Pictures |
More pictures HERE
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