Family:

Fagaceae

Location:

Forest

Growth habit:

Tree

Plant size:

up to 25 m

Flower colour:

greenish

Flowering time

April - June

Leaf characteristics:

leathery, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 3 - 7 cm long, entire to slightly spiny toothed; dark green on top, densely grey-felted underneath; straight midrib with 7 - 14 pairs of lateral veins

Flower characteristics:

female: inconspicuous catkins; male: conspicuous in hanging clusters

Fruits:

Acorn; fruit cup with adjacent, blunt, pubescent scales

Special features:

The most important forest-forming tree in the Mediterranean region. Stone oak forests would cover large parts of the Mediterranean without human influence