Chestnut Leaf Oak

Quercus castaneifolia Fagaceae

Other names

Persian Oak

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Caucasus and Iran

Location

Schnee Oak Collection

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