Quercus robur |
Quercus graciliformis |
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British oak, chêne pédoncule, English oak, French oak, pedunculate oak |
Chisos oak |
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Habit | Trees, deciduous, to 30 m. Bark light gray, scaly. | Trees, tardily deciduous, to 8 m. Bark gray, furrowed. |
Twigs | brown, 2-3 mm diam., glabrous. |
straw colored to brown or deep reddish brown, 1-2 mm diam., glabrate or somewhat pubescent at apex. |
Buds | dark brown, ovoid, distally obtuse, 2-3 mm, glabrous. |
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Leaves | blade obovate to narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate (some cultivars oblanceolate), (50-)70-150(-200) × (20-)35-85(-100) mm, base strongly cordate, often minutely revolute or folded, margins moderately to deeply lobed, lobes rounded or retuse distally, sinuses extending 1/3-7/8 distance to midrib, secondary veins arched, divergent, (3-)5-7 on each side, apex broadly rounded; surfaces abaxially light green, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, glabrous at maturity, adaxially deep green to light green or gray, dull or glossy. |
blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, widest proximal to middle, 45-90 × 10-25 mm, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire or with 8-10 teeth or shallow lobes with rounded sinuses, awns 1-9, apex acute to long-attenuate; surfaces abaxially glabrous or occasionally with small axillary tufts of tomentum, adaxially glabrous except for scattered pubescence near base and along midrib. |
Acorns | 1-3, on very thin (1-2 mm diam.), flexuous peduncle (25-)35-65(-100) mm; cup hemispheric to deeply goblet-shaped, enclosing 1/4-1/2 nut or more, scales closely appressed, often in concentric rows, finely grayish tomentose; nut brown, ovoid, oblong, or cylindric, 15-30(-35) × 12-20 mm, glabrous. |
biennial; cup saucer- to shallowly bowl-shaped, 4-6 mm high × 7-10 mm wide, covering 1/4-1/3 nut, outer surface puberulent to glabrate, inner surface uniformly pubescent, scales appressed, acute, occasionally tuberculate at base; nut ovoid to narrowly ellipsoid, 9-18 × 7-10 mm, minutely puberulent, scar diam. 3-4.5 mm. |
Cotyledons | distinct. |
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Terminal | buds glossy brown or red-brown, ovoid, 1.5-3 mm, minutely ciliate. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Quercus robur |
Quercus graciliformis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Roadsides, pastures, forest margins and woodlands | Dry rocky canyons of the Chisos Mountains |
Elevation | 0-1000 m (0-3300 ft) | 0-1650 m (0-5400 ft) |
Distribution |
BC; NB; NS; PE [Introduced from Europe]
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Discussion | Quercus robur is one of the oaks most commonly cultivated in temperate and subtropical parts of the world. In North America it is most commonly seen in the eastern and northwestern parts of the United States and and in southeastern and southwestern Canada, where it tolerates a wide array of conditions and is extremely hardy. In Washington, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, apparently reproducing populations persist in the wild. Elsewhere, although actual naturalization appears to be rare, Q. robur should be expected to persist around old homesites and other places of cultivation. Quercus robur most closely resembles our native species Q. alba in leaf form. In contrast with Q. alba, which has relatively long petioles (longer than 10 mm), acute leaf bases, and subsessile fruit (rarely on peduncles to 25 mm), Q. robur is easily distinguished by its shorter petioles (less than 10 mm), cordate, almost clasping, leaf bases, and fruit on long (more than 35 mm), thin peduncles. Quercus robur is one of the oaks most widely celebrated in literature; it has wood of exceptionally high quality for the manufacture of furniture, and it previously was the most important wood used in the manufacture of wooden sailing vessels in Europe. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Quercus graciliformis reportedly hybridizes with Q. emoryi. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Fagaceae > Quercus > sect. Quercus | Fagaceae > Quercus > sect. Lobatae |
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Synonyms | Q. pedunculata | Q. canbyi, Q. graciliformis var. parvilobata |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 996. (1753) | C. H. Muller: Torreya 34: 120. (1934) |
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