Quercus × rosacea Bechstein

Native hybrid in the whole Europe;

5-15 x 3-10 cm; variable in size and shape; both sides nearly glabrous (rarely with abaxially some solitary, uniseriate and fasciculate hairs on veins and axils and stellate trichomes on the blade); base narrower than in Q. petraea , sometimes auricled; lobes are more regular than in Q.petraea ; sinus obtuses, with variable depth; 5-7 vein pairs; petiole glabrous, 0.5-2.5 cm long;

male catkins with slightly pubescent axis;

acorn’s peduncle is the same length as the petiole of the nearest leave, reaching 4 cm; convex scales cup; cup enclosing 1/3 of the nut; stylopodium short, thick, pubescent;

hardy; all types of soils;

– Characters intermediate between parents; – Sometimes exist, on the same tree, petioles as in Q.petraea and peduncles as in Q.robur ;