Sessile Oak

Quercus petraea 'Columna' Fagaceae

Other names

Durmast Oak

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Peterson Oak Grove

Source of plant

Klyn Nurseries

Description

Deciduous tree to 45m. Crown columnar, trunk reaching far into crown. Bark like that of Q. robur, grey to black-brown, furrowed. Young branchlets glabrous, sightly tuberculate. Leaves narrower than the species, more oblong, margins irregularly lobed, grey-green; petiole 1-1.6cm, yellow. Acorns mature in first year, clustered, 2-3cm, ovoid to oblong-ovoid; cupule made up of closely adpressed, pubescent scales.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5