Oak
Quercus dalechampii
Fagaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Austria, Czechzia, Slovakia, Hungary, Albania, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Italy, Sicily, Greece
Location
Schnee Oak Collection, Conifer Slope
Source of plant
Oikos Tree Crops, Windrose Nursery
Description
A small tree with oblong to obovate-lanceolate, 8-13cm long leaves, the base truncate to subcordate, sinuately lobed to pinnatifid, the lobes 5-7 on each side, ovate to lanceolate, acute, soon becoming glabrous; acorns held in groups of 1-3, ovate, to 2cm long, the cupule scales thick, rough, gray-white, tomentose, enclosing about 1/3 of the acorn.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6