Quercus castaneifolia
Kastanienblättrige oak (Quercus castaneifolia )
The Kastanienblättrige oak (Quercus castaneifolia ) is a large tree of the genus of oaks in the family of book -like. The distribution area is located in the Caucasus and Iran.
Description
The Kastanienblättrige oak reaches stature heights of 35, rarely to 45 meters in height. The tree crown is first broadly conical later high and vaulted. The bark is smooth and long forms aged bark with a flat strip-like beads. Young shoots are hairy and downy verkahlen later. The buds show remaining Nebenblatt shed. The leaves are 8-12 cm long, narrowly ovate to obovate, with wedge-shaped to rounded base and 7 to 14 pairs of pointed teeth. There shall be ten to twelve pairs of nerves. The upper leaf surface is dark green, the underside brighter and more or less covered with stellate hairs. The stem is hairy and woolly 1 to 2.5 inches long. The fruits are 2 to 3 inches long, ovate and nearly sessile, surrounded at a quarter to one-third of a fruit cup with pfriemlichen, protruding or folded back shed. The fruits are available individually or in pairs, rarely in groups of up to five. They mature in the second year.
Distribution and ecology
The distribution area is located in Iran and Azerbaijan. It grows in biodiversity-rich forests on moderately dry, fresh to moist, slightly acidic or neutral sandy soils in sunny locations. The species is thermophilic and usually frost hardy.
Systematics and history of research
The Kastanienblättrige oak (Quercus castaneifolia ) is a species in the genus of oaks (Quercus ) in the beech family ( Fagaceae ). The first description was in 1831 by Carl Anton von Meyer.
Use
The wood of the species is often used.