Quercus castaneifolia C.A.Mey.

Chestnut-leaved oak (en), Chêne à feuilles de châtaignier (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 35 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The trunk can be 2.5 m across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 22.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forming forests in plains and in mountains; at elevations up to 1,800 metres.
More
It is a temperate plant. In Melbourne Botanical gardens. Arboretum Tasmania.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

Uses dye environmental use material medicinal timber wood
Edible nuts seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Quercus castaneifolia leaf picture by Bleuet1 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Quercus castaneifolia world distribution map, present in Brazil and Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Conservation status

Quercus castaneifolia threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295924-1
WFO ID wfo-0000290006
COL ID 4R4JF
BDTFX ID 120949
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Quercus sintenisiana Quercus castaneifolia Quercus aegilops var. castaneifolia Quercus castaneifolia subsp. aitchisoniana Quercus castaneifolia var. glabriuscula Quercus castaneifolia subsp. incurvata Quercus castaneifolia var. obtusiloba Quercus castaneifolia subsp. subrotundata Quercus castaneifolia subsp. triangularis Quercus castaneifolia subsp. undulata Quercus aitchisoniana