Chinese Cork Oak

Quercus variabilis Fagaceae

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Northern China, Korea, and Japan

Location

Conifer Slope

Source of plant

US National Arboretum

Description

Plants to 80' in height; leaves oblong, to 6" long, with bristle-like teeth, white-tomentose beneath,deciduous. Cup enclosing about 1/2 of nut, scales subulate, curved

USDA Hardiness Zone

6