| Quercus pontica | |
| Author | K.Koch 1849 Linnaea 22: 319 |
| Synonyms | |
| Local names | Armenian
Oak; |
| Range | Caucasus Mountains; Armenia; around Black Sea; North Turkey; 800 to 2300 m; |
| Growth habit | rarely exceeding
8 metres tall; short trunk, crown rounded, open, loose; |
| Leaves | 10-20 x 5-10
cm; deciduous; elliptic to oboval-elliptic; thick; apex pointed; base
narrowly rounded or slightly subcordate; margin with 25-30 teeth; lustrous
dark green above, glabrous; paler, slightly glaucous beneath with simple
hairs alonc veins; 16-17(30) vein pairs; no intercalary veins; stout yellow
petiole 1.5 cm long; |
| Flowers | male catkins
in cluster of 2 to 3, to 20 cm long; pistillate flowers with 5 long stigmas;
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| Fruits | acorn 2-3 cm,
rounded to ovoid; apex narrow, velutinous; short, thick peduncle; cup
enclosing 1/3or 1/4 of nut, with triangular, greyish, remotely appressed,
thin scales; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
grey to purple brown, scaly, becoming rough, furrowed; twigs stout, angled,
tawny to grey brown, with narrow lenticels; buds 1-1.5 cm, with green,
imbricated scales, ciliate towards apex; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy;
prefers lime free soils; very slow-growing; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 124 ; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Ponticae; -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : EN) -- Hybridizes likely with Q.robur (= x hickelii ) -- Cultivar Q.'Pondaim' : it is a hybrid between Q.pontica and Q.daimio (= Q.dentata), hence the name. |
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