Quercus infectoria subsp. veneris

الفصيلة بلّوطيّة · Fagaceae

معرض النبات

حقوق الصور وإسنادها

الأوراق: Leaves: Semi-persistent, subcoriaceous, very variable in shape (ovate, oblong, or elliptic), margins irregularly dentate-mucronate, crenate, sinuate, or entire. Generally glabrous at maturity on both faces, occasionally retaining some hairs near veins. Petiole 5–20 mm.
الأزهار: Inflorescence & flowers: Male catkins short, with tomentose involucres; female flowers on short to elongated peduncles.
الثمار والبذور: Fruit: Acorns borne on variable peduncles (short to 2 cm), cupules grey, of appressed scales; acorn often protruding. Usually 2–4 acorns per peduncle.

Habitat & elevation: Rocky slopes, montane woodlands, often intermixed with other deciduous oaks.

الفنلوجية: Phenology: Flowers in spring; acorns ripen in autumn of the same year.

Lebanese distribution (Mouterde): Frequent, especially in Mount Lebanon (e.g. Hadeth Cedars, Barouk, etc.).

Syrian distribution (Mouterde): Coastal mountains (Jabal Cassius) and Anti-Lebanon.

Native range: Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkey. (POWO)

بنية النبات: Life-form & habit: Tree to 10 m or more, with a rather sparse crown and not majestic in old age. Bark grey, scaly, not corky. Young twigs grey, often villous-tomentose, later glabrescent.

Quercus cerris

Quercus coccifera

Quercus infectoria