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Quercus pubescens Willd., 1796

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Downy Oak
  • 🇫🇷 Chêne pubescent, Chêne humble

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Fabids
  • Order: Fagales
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Subfamily: Quercoideae
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Species: Quercus pubescens

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with Q. robur L., 1753, whose leaves are sessile or have a shorter petiole (0-7 mm), while those of Q. pubescens have a longer petiole (5-20 mm).

Possible confusion with Q. petraea (Matt.) Liebl., 1784, whose young branches are glabrous, while those of Q. pubescens are covered with a grayish tomentum.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • Q. pubescens subsp. pubescens Willd., 1796, P;
  • Q. pubescens subsp. subpyrenaica (Vill.) Govaerts, 1998.

Hybridizes with:

  • Q. ilex L., 1753 to produce Q. × albescens Rouy ex A.Camus, 1935, P (het. syn. Q. × subalbescens A.Camus, 1939);
  • Q. petraea (Matt.) Liebl., 1784 to produce Q. × streimii Heuff., 1850, P;
  • Q. pyrenaica Willd., 1805 to produce Q. × firmurensis Hy, 1898, P;
  • Q. robur L., 1753 to produce Q. × kerneri Simonk., 1883, P.

Photographs

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Quercus pubescens
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Quercus pubescens
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Quercus pubescens
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Quercus pubescens
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Quercus pubescens - Leaves
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Quercus pubescens - Leaves, abaxial side showing tomentum
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Quercus pubescens - Young leaves
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Quercus pubescens - Immature acorn
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Quercus pubescens - bark

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