Quercus falcata Mich

SE USA; to 750 m; introduced in Europe en 1763;

20-30 m; trunk short, crown rounded;

8-30 x 5-15 cm; 3 to 7 lobes elongated, sickle-shaped, with deep sinuses; thick; base rounded; lustrous dark green above, with rusty hairs beneath; petiole yellowish, often pubescent, 2-5 cm; autumn leaves have not the red color of other species of “red oaks”.

acorn 1-2 cm, singly or paired; globose; apex often striate; cup shallow, scaly, broad, enclosing 1/3 of nut; maturing in 2 years; first acorns when the tree is 25 year old;

– A. Camus : n° 419; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, sub-section Phellos; – “Spanish”, because present on the territory of the first Spanish colonies; – Numerous hybrids, among them : Q.x caesariensis with Q.ilicifolia , Q.x beaumontiana with Q.laurifolia ;