Quercus Quercus, L.
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6. Q. suber L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 995 (1753)
(inch Q. occidentalis Gay ).
Evergreen tree up to 20 m, with thick, corky bark; twigs tomentose. Leaves 3-7 cm, ovate-oblong, sinuate-dentate, dark green above, grey-tomentose beneath; midrib sinuous; petiole 8-15 mm. Fruit ripening in the first year in spring-flowering trees, but some trees flower in autumn and ripen their fruits late in the following summer. Upper involucral scales long and patent, the lower usually shorter and more appressed. In = 24. 5. Europe, from N. W. Jugoslavia westwards. Co Ga Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si.
Produces the cork of commerce.
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Quercus Quercus
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
Q. suber
| L. 1753: 995 |