Quercus salicina Blume

Japan; Korea; Taiwan;

tree to 30 m tall, with straight trunk to 1 m in diameter; often shrubby in cultivation, introduced in G.B. in 1895;

4-12 x 1-3 cm; evergreen; leathery; narrowly oblong-lanceolate to almost linear; apex acuminate pointed; base rounded or attenuate; margin entire, or few-toothed towards apex; green, hairless above; glaucous or white, waxy beneath, with stellate, appressed hairs; 11-13 vein pairs weakly prominent beneath; short petiole, 0.5-2 cm long, grooved above, slightly pubescent;

July-August; male catkins 6-9 cm long, yellow flowers with 3-4 lobed perianth and 4-6 stamens; pistillate spikes short, 2-3 flowered with recurved stigmas;

acorn 1.5-2 cm long, 1-1.2 cm diameter; stalk 0.5-1 cm; enclosed 1/2 to 2/3 by cup; cup silky, 1.2 cm in diameter, with 6-8 rings of scales ; matures in 1 year;

hardiness zone : 7-8; in warm temperate forests;

– A. Camus : tome 1, p. 261, n° 39; – Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; – Section Glauca, sub-section Glaucae ( Menitsky ); – Differs from Q.bambusaefolia in having pointed apex leaves;