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Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.

Sessile oak, durmast oak (en), Chêne rouvre (fr), Chêne à trochets (fr), Chêne sessile (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus

Characteristics

A tree with a long trunk. The branches form a fan shape. The tree grows to 40 m high. The bark is finely cracked and ridged. The tree loses its leaves during the winter. The leaves are lobed and wedge shaped near the base. They are 12 cm long and 7.5 cm wide. The leaves have distinct stalks. The male flowers are in long stalks and the female flowers are bud shaped and stalkless. The acorns are in stalkless cups. The acorns are 3 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread dyszoochory endozoochory
Mature width (meter) 13.5
Mature height (meter) 40.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.0
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is native to Europe. It grows in less fertile and wetter places. It is damaged by late frosts. It is sensitive to humidity. It suits hardiness zones 5-9. Arboretum Tasmania. Hobart Botanical Gardens.
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Woods, especially on acid soils and in the western part of Britain, where it is often dominant.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-8
Soil texture 2-4
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

The acorns are eaten or used as a substitute for coffee. They are also used for flour and added to bread. The leaves are used to make wine.
Uses charcoal coffee substitute dye environmental use material medicinal ornamental poison wood
Edible barks nuts seeds
Therapeutic use Wart (unspecified)
Human toxicity weak toxic (leaf), weak toxic (bark), weak toxic (fruit)
Animal toxicity toxic (leaf), toxic (bark), toxic (fruit)

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. The seed are planted where the tree is to grow.
Mode graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Quercus petraea habit picture by Collados Ana (cc-by-sa)
Quercus petraea habit picture by Dabronzo Carlo (cc-by-sa)
Quercus petraea habit picture by Prieta Javier (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Quercus petraea leaf picture by Eikichi Onizuka (cc-by-sa)
Quercus petraea leaf picture by Philippe Mauvieux (cc-by-sa)
Quercus petraea leaf picture by Eric Verkleeren (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Quercus petraea flower picture by Nikolas Mandl (cc-by-sa)
Quercus petraea flower picture by John Thompson (cc-by-sa)
Quercus petraea flower picture by Lennard Openneer (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Quercus petraea fruit picture by catquest (cc-by-sa)
Quercus petraea fruit picture by catquest (cc-by-sa)
Quercus petraea fruit picture by Stefana Popova (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Quercus petraea world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Ukraine

Conservation status

Quercus petraea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:359961-1
WFO ID wfo-0000292459
COL ID 4R5SK
BDTFX ID 54524
INPN ID 521658
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Quercus pedunculata f. longipedunculata Quercus petraea f. angulata Quercus petraea f. globosa Quercus sessiliflora f. bolleana Quercus petraea f. pinnata Quercus petraea f. platyphylla Quercus anglica Quercus approximata Quercus arnasensis Quercus borealis Quercus calcicola Quercus eminens Quercus gallica Quercus oblita Quercus petraea Quercus sessilis Quercus talenceana Quercus wahusiensis Quercus zagrabiensis Quercus adriatica Quercus arrecta Quercus attenuata Quercus ballica Quercus brachylobus Quercus collivaga Quercus conformis Quercus eboracensis Quercus gothica Quercus imponens Quercus limitanea Quercus longiaristata Quercus marmarophila Quercus mediocris Quercus ovalis Quercus slavorum Quercus glaucina Quercus brumalis Quercus coriascens Quercus juncta Quercus juvenilis Quercus lanciloba Quercus moderata Quercus proximellla Quercus sarcolepis Quercus strangulata Quercus brevipedunculata Quercus decipiens Quercus mas Quercus suecica Quercus mespilifolia Quercus robur var. mespilifolia Quercus petraea var. laciniata Quercus petraea var. macrocarpa Quercus petraea subsp. mas Quercus petraea var. platyphylla Quercus robur var. communis Quercus robur var. laciniata Quercus robur var. petraea Quercus robur var. platyphylla Quercus robur subsp. sessiliflora Quercus robur var. sessiliflora Quercus robur var. sessilis Quercus sessiliflora var. angustata Quercus sessiliflora var. coriacea Quercus sessiliflora var. decipiens Quercus sessiliflora var. fruticosa Quercus sessiliflora var. glabra Quercus sessiliflora var. globosa Quercus sessiliflora var. longicarpa Quercus sessiliflora var. longifolia Quercus sessiliflora var. platyphylla Quercus sessiliflora var. sphaerocarpa Quercus sessiliflora var. subtubulosa Quercus sessilis var. acutiloba Quercus sessilis var. angulata Quercus sessilis var. columbaria Quercus sessilis var. coronensis Quercus sessilis var. decipiens Quercus sessilis var. erythroneura Quercus sessilis var. fruticosa Quercus sessilis var. glabrata Quercus sessilis var. globosa Quercus sessilis var. laciniata Quercus sessilis var. longicarpa Quercus sessilis var. longifolia Quercus sessilis var. longipedunculata Quercus sessilis var. louettei Quercus sessilis var. macrocarpa Quercus sessilis var. mespilifolia Quercus sessilis var. microbalana Quercus sessilis var. microbalanos Quercus sessilis var. petiolata Quercus sessilis var. platyphylla Quercus sessilis var. puigi Quercus sessilis var. spathulifolia Quercus sessilis var. sphaerocarpa Quercus sessilis var. sphaerocarpa Quercus sessilis var. stenophylla Quercus sessilis var. sublobata Quercus sessilis var. subtubulosa Quercus sessilis var. undulata Quercus sessiliflora var. sublobata Quercus sessilis var. pendula Quercus columbaria Quercus granitica Quercus hypoleuca Quercus jactata Quercus latifida Quercus lephrella Quercus pedunculata f. angustifolia Quercus pedunculata f. brevipedunculata Quercus pedunculata f. subocculata Quercus petraea f. emarginata Quercus petraea f. lobulosa Quercus remotiuscula Quercus sessiliflora f. angulata Quercus sessiliflora f. castanoides Quercus sessiliflora f. crassifolia Quercus sessiliflora f. lobulata Quercus sessiliflora f. pinnata Quercus sessiliflora f. undulata Quercus sessilis f. pinnatifida Quercus sessilis f. sublobata Quercus dumetorum Quercus sublobata var. sublobata Quercus druidica

Lower taxons

Quercus petraea subsp. austrotyrrhenica Quercus petraea subsp. huguetiana Quercus petraea subsp. iberica Quercus petraea subsp. petraea Quercus petraea subsp. pinnatiloba
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