Quercus trojana Webb

SE Italy; the Balkans; Asia Minor; 300-1800 m; introduced in Europe in 1890;

not exceeding 15-18 m, with trunk to 0.6 m in diameter; crown at first conical, then domed;

3-9 x 1.5-2.3 cm; semi-evergreen; leathery; oblong or oblong-lanceolate ; apex pointed acuminate; base rounded or subcordate; margin toothed, with 6-12 pairs of mucronate teeth; both sides glabrous and slightly glaucous, but somtimes with short, stellate hairs beneath; 8-14 veins pairs raised under, at an angle of 45° with midrib; tertiary veins prominent beneath; petiole 0.2-0.6 cm, sparsely hairy;

male flowers with perianth hairy, but with glabrous anthers; female flowers subsessile, with 4-5 elongated styles;

acorn 2.7-4.5 cm long, 1.8-2 cm in diameter; 1 to 3 on a 2-5 mm long, pubescent, thick rachis; apex truncate; cup sessile or nearly so, 2.5 cm in diameter, very variable, with long, spreading or recurved, or appressed scales, enclosing 2/3 of nut or more; maturing in 2 years;

hardy; all types of soils; fast-growing;

– A. Camus : tome 1, p. 563, n° 119; – Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cerris, sub-section Libani (with afares, and libani ); – Resembles Q.cerris , but cup scales are not so long, leaves are less lobed, buds lack the long setose stipules; resembles also Q.libani , but smaller leaves with short and pointed teeth, and shorter petioles;