Quercus trojana, the Macedonian oak is an oak in the turkey oak section (Quercus sect. Cerris).
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Cerris |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Cerris |
| Species: | Q. trojana
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| Quercus trojana | |
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It is native to southeast Europe and southwest Asia, from southern Italy east across the southern Balkans (Croatia, Albania, Serbia, North Macedonia and Greece) to western Turkey, growing at low to moderate altitudes (up to 1,550 metres or 5,090 feet in the south of the range in southwestern Turkey), in dry areas.[3][4][5]
Description
editQuercus trojana is a small to medium-sized tree reaching 10–20 metres (33–66 feet) tall, late deciduous to semi-evergreen, with glossy green to grey-green leaves 3–10 centimetres (1 1⁄4–4 inches) long and 1.5–4 cm broad with a coarsely serrated margin with sharply pointed teeth. The acorns are 2–4 cm long when mature (about 18 months after pollination) with a scaly acorn cup.[6][7]
Fossil record
editFossils of Quercus trojana have been described from the fossil flora of Kızılcahamam district in Turkey, which is of early Pliocene age.[8]
Cultivation
editIt is grown as an ornamental tree in Britain, Belgium, Spain, and elsewhere, and has proved very tolerant of both drought and winter cold.[7] A semi-fastigiate cultivar 'Iturraran Trinkoa' has been selected at the Iturraran Botanical Garden in the Basque region of Spain.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Quercus trojana Webb". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ "Quercus trojana Webb". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ Christensen, Knud Ib. 1997. Flora Hellenica 1: 45
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Quercus trojana Webb
- ^ Jerzy Zieliński, Ana Petrova and Dominik Tomaszewski 2006. Quercus trojana subsp. yaltirikii (Fagaceae), a New Subspecies from Southern Turkey. Willdenowia 36:845-849
- ^ Webb, Philip Barker 1839.
- ^ a b c Coombes, Allen; Cameron, Roderick. "Quercus trojana Webb". Trees and Shrubs Online. International Dendrology Society. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ Kasaplıgil, Baki (1977). "Ankara, Kızılcahamam yakınındaki Güvem köyü civarında bulunan son tersiyer kozalaklı-yeşil yapraklı ormanı" [A Late-Tertiary Conifer-Hardwood Forest From the Vicinity of Güvem Village, Near Kızılcahamam, Ankara] (PDF). Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration (in Turkish and English). 88. Ankara: General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration: 94-102.
External links
edit- Quercus trojana - information, genetic conservation units and related resources. European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (EUFORGEN)