Family:

Fagaceae

Habitat:

Forests on primary rock, siliceous

Growth habit:

Tree

Plant size:

up to 20 m

Flower colour:

Greenish, similar to the holm oak(Quercus ilex)

Flowering time

April - May

Leaf characteristics:

rough, ovate-oblong, 3 - 7 cm long, dark green on the upper side, slightly greyish-felt on the underside with a mostly curved back and forth midrib; leaf margin with 4 - 5 short teeth or almost smooth margins

Flower characteristics:

female: inconspicuous catkins; male: conspicuous in hanging clusters (similar to the holm oak(Quercus ilex))

Fruit:

Acorn; fruit cup with greyish-felt, loosely connate scales

Special features:

In cultivation for cork production, first cork harvest after approx. 25 years, then possible every 10 - 12 years