Mongolian Oak

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Northeastern Asia

Location

Jackson Grove

Source of plant

Dan Keiser, BZ Marranca

Description

Tall tree, reaching 25 to 30 m; young shoots glabrous; leaves obovate to obovate-oblong, 10 to 20 cm long, obtuse, tapered and auriculate at the base with 7 to 10 broad, usually obtuse, coarse teeth, dark green above, lighter and glabrous beneath or pubescent only on the venation, densely clustered at the shoot tips, petiole 4 to 8 mm long; fruits ovate, 2 cm long, nearly sessile, acorns 1/3 covered by a thick cup, scales warty, the apical ones fringed-acuminate.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5