Chestnut Leaf Oak
Quercus castaneifolia
Fagaceae
Other names
Persian Oak
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Caucasus and Iran
Location
Source of plant
US National Arboretum, Forestfarm Nursery
Description
Tree reaching 35m in height with a large rounded and broadly spreading crown and rough-textured, corky bark. Leaves 6-16cm long, narrowly elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, the margins with triangular saw-teeth.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6