Quercus cerris L.

South, Center and South-East Europe; Asia Minor; 50-2200 m;

20-30 m high and more; trunk to 2 m in diameter; crown conical first, then spreading;

6-13 x 3-8 cm; lately decidous; subcoriaceous; oblong-elliptical; apex obtuse, base truncate; 5-9 pairs of lobes with deep sinuses reaching halfway to midrib or more, but variable; dark green and rough above, with stellate hairs; paler beneath with short, dense stellate pubescence; 5-12 pairs of lateral veins; petiole 0.5-2 cm, pubescent, sulcate;

male flowers in June on 5-6 cm, pendulous catkins at the base of twigs, crimson turning yellow brown, on a pubescent rachis; female flowers 1 to 5, on a short, pubescent peduncle; 4 styles;

acorn to 3 cm long; sessile or on a short peduncle 1 cm long; top flattened, pubescent; enclosed 1/2 by the cup; cup hairy, 1 cm high, 1.8 cm in diameter, with long, tomentose, slender, recurving scales; maturing in 2 years;

– A. Camus : n° 122; – Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cerris, sub-section Cerris (with castaneifolia , look and euboica ); – Wood inferior (tends to split); – “lanuginosa” is a term frequently used by Authors, so it is better not to use it, in order to avoid confusions ! - Q. lanuginosa Franchet 1899 nom. illeg. = Q. franchetii - Q. lanuginosa (Lam.)Thuill.1799 nom. illeg. = Q. pubescens - Q. lanuginosa Beck 1890 nom. illeg. = Q. robur (sic !) - Q. lanuginosa sensu Lam. 1778 nom. illeg. = Q. cerris L. 1753 - Q. lanuginosa D.Don 1825 nom. illeg. = Q. lanata