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Quercus pubescens Willd.

Chêne pubescent (fr), chêne humble (fr)

Species

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Characteristics

A deciduous tree. It grows 20 m tall. It is a broadly spreading oak tree. The bark is dark grey and deeply furrowed. The leaves are narrowly oval and 10 cm long by 5 cm wide. They have rounded lobes. The lobes end in a small sharp point. The leaves are dark grey-green above and downy underneath. The male and female flowers occur separately on the same plant. The male flowers are easier to see in yellow-green drooping catkins. The fruit is an acorn 4 cm long. It is one third enclosed in a cup. The cup is covered in hairy scales.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread dyszoochory endozoochory
Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 12.0
Root system creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.5
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate or Mediterranean plant. It is native to W. Asia and C. and S. Europe. It grows in dry places in hills. In Melbourne Botanical Gardens. Hobart Botanical Gardens.
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Woods and dry hills in both siliceous and limestone soils. Dry places, on calcareous, schistose, or argillaceous soils; at elevations up to 500 metres.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-7

Usage

The acorns are processed for flour used to make bread and other dishes. They are roasted and eaten. The leaves are put in barrelled cucumbers as a spice.
Uses dye environmental use fiber material medicinal spice wood
Edible barks nuts seeds stems
Therapeutic use Dyspepsia (bark), Eczema (bark), Asthma (fruit), Astringents (fruit), Diarrhea (fruit), Diuretics (fruit), Dyspepsia (fruit), Gonorrhea (fruit), Eye diseases (stem), Tumor (unspecified), Scabies (wood), Skin diseases (wood)
Human toxicity weak toxic (leaf), weak toxic (bark), weak toxic (fruit)
Animal toxicity toxic (leaf), toxic (bark), toxic (fruit)

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Quercus pubescens habit picture by Anthony Raoux (cc-by-sa)
Quercus pubescens habit picture by Jean-Louis PASTEUR (cc-by-sa)
Quercus pubescens habit picture by emma foulon (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Quercus pubescens leaf picture by patrice pantoni (cc-by-sa)
Quercus pubescens leaf picture by Peláez Sabell Carlos (cc-by-sa)
Quercus pubescens leaf picture by Gradwohl Markus (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Quercus pubescens flower picture by Quiroga Belen (cc-by-sa)
Quercus pubescens flower picture by Mathieu Jarzina (cc-by-sa)
Quercus pubescens flower picture by jacques maréchal (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Quercus pubescens fruit picture by Jacques Maréchal (cc-by-sa)
Quercus pubescens fruit picture by Florent M (cc-by-sa)
Quercus pubescens fruit picture by Marion Schmitter (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Quercus pubescens world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Ukraine

Conservation status

Quercus pubescens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326376-2
WFO ID wfo-0000292685
COL ID 4R5VW
BDTFX ID 54438
INPN ID 116751
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Quercus amblyodes Quercus fallax Quercus tenuis Quercus litiginosa Quercus x var. pachytricha Quercus ambigua Quercus amplissima Quercus ampulleana Quercus anxiosa Quercus bertolonii Quercus calcarea Quercus derelicta Quercus desiderabillis Quercus drumensis Quercus elegantula Quercus erythrochlamys Quercus erythrolepis Quercus halophila Quercus heterophylla Quercus interruptella Quercus kovatsiana Quercus litorea Quercus magistri Quercus maritima Quercus mediterranea Quercus messanensis Quercus minor Quercus moravica Quercus nebulosa Quercus nitidula Quercus oblongata Quercus oxybalanos Quercus oxycarpa Quercus paucicrenata Quercus pungens Quercus polyloba Quercus provincialis Quercus pseudoaegilops Quercus pubescens Quercus quadrans Quercus quaesita Quercus serbica Quercus slavica Quercus stenodes Quercus stenolepis Quercus susedana Quercus taurinensis Quercus tauscheri Quercus tenorei Quercus terminaloides Quercus todaroi Quercus trinacria Quercus undulatidens Quercus vallisclausae Quercus vernixia Quercus vinealis Quercus inops Quercus adjecta Quercus admixta Quercus annexa Quercus authemanii Quercus brandisii Quercus buccarana Quercus undulata Quercus calabrica Quercus catalaunica Quercus cerris Quercus conobalana Quercus crassiuscula Quercus crenifolia Quercus densifolia Quercus diversifrons Quercus vergens Quercus glareosa Quercus indifferens Quercus jucunda Quercus lanuginosa Quercus leucoclada Quercus ligustica Quercus megalobos Quercus megas Quercus memorabilis Quercus meridionalis Quercus microlepis Quercus obtenta Quercus pulchella Quercus stenocarpa Quercus tomoclada Quercus torulosa Quercus tremens Quercus tyrolensis Quercus uberta Quercus valida Quercus isodes Quercus dalmatica f. parathalassias Quercus dalmatica f. biokovensis Quercus dalmatica f. fratris-zorani Quercus dalmatica Quercus dimidiens Quercus chymodon Quercus paillotii Quercus partita Quercus phthiotica Quercus platychlamys Quercus recondita Quercus redux Quercus sancta Quercus sauteri Quercus schulzei Quercus sicula Quercus brachyphylloides Quercus croatica Quercus tommasini Quercus alba var. pubescens Quercus brevipedunculata var. pubescens Quercus dalechampii var. parvifolia Quercus lanuginosa var. amplifolia Quercus lanuginosa var. asperata Quercus lanuginosa var. bacunensis Quercus lanuginosa var. brachycarpa Quercus lanuginosa subsp. brachyphylla Quercus lanuginosa var. brachyphylla Quercus lanuginosa var. brandisii Quercus lanuginosa var. brevicalyx Quercus lanuginosa var. cupaniana Quercus lanuginosa var. dissecta Quercus lanuginosa var. erythrolepis Quercus lanuginosa var. globulosa Quercus lanuginosa var. glomerata Quercus lanuginosa var. gussonei Quercus lanuginosa var. heterophylla Quercus lanuginosa var. lacera Quercus lanuginosa var. lacinifolia Quercus lanuginosa var. laciniosa Quercus lanuginosa var. lamarckiana Quercus lanuginosa var. macrocarpa Quercus lanuginosa var. macrolepis Quercus lanuginosa var. microbalanos Quercus lanuginosa var. microcarpa Quercus lanuginosa var. microlepis Quercus lanuginosa var. montana Quercus lanuginosa var. oblongata Quercus lanuginosa var. oxycarpa Quercus lanuginosa var. parviglandis Quercus lanuginosa var. polycarpa Quercus lanuginosa var. provincialis Quercus lanuginosa var. pusilla Quercus lanuginosa var. rostrata Quercus lanuginosa var. rufa Quercus lanuginosa var. sectifolia Quercus lanuginosa var. spicata Quercus lanuginosa var. stenolepis Quercus lanuginosa var. stenophylla Quercus lanuginosa var. suberoides Quercus lanuginosa var. subspicata Quercus lanuginosa var. sulcata Quercus lanuginosa var. tenorei Quercus lanuginosa var. tortulosa Quercus lanuginosa var. undulata Quercus lanuginosa var. virgiliana Quercus pedunculata var. dulcis Quercus pinnatifida var. dissecta Quercus pinnatifida var. parviglandis Quercus pubescens var. erythrolepis Quercus pubescens var. globulosa Quercus pubescens var. glomerata Quercus pubescens var. incisa Quercus pubescens var. intermedia Quercus pubescens var. lacera Quercus pubescens subsp. lanuginosa Quercus pubescens var. oxycarpa Quercus pubescens var. tortulosa Quercus pubescens subsp. undulata Quercus robur var. brachycarpa Quercus robur var. brachyphylla Quercus robur var. glomerata Quercus robur var. intermedia Quercus robur var. lanuginosa Quercus robur var. macrolepis Quercus robur var. pinnatifida Quercus robur var. pubescens Quercus robur var. sicula Quercus robur var. tenorei Quercus robur var. virgiliana Quercus sessiliflora var. brachyphylla Quercus sessiliflora var. laciniosa Quercus sessiliflora subsp. lanuginosa Quercus sessiliflora var. montana Quercus sessiliflora var. oblongata Quercus sessiliflora var. oxyacanthifollia Quercus sessiliflora var. pubescens Quercus sessiliflora var. suberoides Quercus virgiliana var. tenorei Quercus appenina subsp. amplifolia Quercus sessiliflora var. cupaniana Quercus sessiliflora subsp. virgiliana Quercus lanuginosa var. conglomerata Quercus lanuginosa var. faginea Quercus lanuginosa var. budayana Quercus sessiliflora var. ambigua Quercus pseudoaegilopsis var. pendula Quercus lanuginosa var. pendula Quercus torulosa var. granulata Quercus aegilops var. pendula Quercus sessilis var. barbulata Quercus dalmatica subsp. parathalassias Quercus dalmatica subsp. biokovensis Quercus dalmatica var. biokovensis Quercus dalmatica var. fratris-zorani Quercus dalmatica var. fratris-marci Quercus sessiliflora f. acutiloba Quercus dalmatica f. fratris-marci Quercus brutiorum Quercus chaberti Quercus cistetorum Quercus faginea Quercus grandis Quercus lanuginosa f. microphylla Quercus lanuginosa f. pichleri Quercus macrobalana Quercus obtusiuscula Quercus pichleri Quercus pubescens f. brandisii Quercus pubescens f. rostrata Quercus pubescens f. schulzei Quercus romanica Quercus subgrisea Quercus virgiliana f. typica Quercus lanuginosa var. croatica Quercus pubescens var. pendula Quercus lanuginosa var. laciniosa Quercus lanuginosa subsp. brachyphylla Quercus lanuginosa var. oxycarpa Quercus obtusissima

Lower taxons

Quercus pubescens subsp. crispata Quercus pubescens subsp. pubescens Quercus pubescens subsp. subpyrenaica
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