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Quercus phillyreoides A.Gray

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs or trees to 10 m tall, evergreen. Branchlets slender, grayish brown pubescent, gradually glabrescent. Petiole 3-5 mm, pilose; leaf blade green, obovate, narrowly elliptic, or narrowly ovate, 2-6(-8) × 1.5-3 cm, glabrescent or midvein abaxially remaining pilose with age, base rounded to nearly cordate, margin glandular serrulate, apex mucronate to shortly acuminate; secondary veins 8-13 on each side of midvein; tertiary veins abaxially inconspicuous to evident but very slender. Female inflorescences 1-4 cm. Cupule cupular, 6-8 mm × 1-1.2 cm, enclosing 1/3-1/2 of nut; bracts triangular, ca. 1 mm, crowded, grayish pubescent except for apex. Nut ellipsoid, 1-2 × 0.5-1 cm; scar 3-4 mm in diam., flat or slightly raised; stylopodium ca. 1 mm in diam., easily broken. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Sep-Oct.
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A shrub or tree. It grows up to 10 m tall. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. The small branches are slender, greyish brown and hairy. The leaf stalk is 3-5 mm. The leaf blade is green and oval. It is 2-6 cm long by 1.5-3 cm wide. The base is rounded or heart shaped. The edges have teeth. The tip can be sharp. There are 8-13 secondary veins on each side of the main vein. The female flowering stalk is 1-4 cm long. The cup encloses about 1/2 or the nut. The nut is oval and 1-2 cm long by 0.5-1 cm wide. The cup is like an upside-down cone.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 9.0 - 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.3
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is native to China and Japan. It grows on cliffs and rocky places. In China it grows in mixed forests between 300-1200 m altitude. It suits hardiness zone 7. In Melbourne Botanical Gardens.
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Thickets and open woods near seashores. Mixed mesophytic forests; at elevations from 300-1,200 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-4
Soil acidity 5-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

Starch is extracted from the seeds are eaten.
Uses charcoal dye food medicinal wood
Edible nuts seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown from seed or stem cuttings.
Mode 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

Quercus phillyreoides unspecified picture

Distribution

Quercus phillyreoides world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Conservation status

Quercus phillyreoides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296588-1
WFO ID wfo-0000292512
COL ID 4R5SR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Quercus myricifolia Quercus singuliflora Quercus tinfanensis Maesa singuliflora Quercus fooningensis Quercus pillyraeoides Quercus wrightii Quercus phillyreoides Quercus phillyreoides f. wrightii Quercus phillyreoides f. crispa Quercus lichuanensis Quercus ilex var. phillyreoides Quercus phillyreoides subsp. fokiensis Quercus phillyreoides var. sinensis Quercus phillyreoides var. wrightii Quercus phillyreoides var. subcrispa Quercus phillyreoides var. crispa Quercus fokienensis
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