Oaks of AsiaOak with chestnut leaves: native to the margins of the Caspian Sea. It attains 30 m tall. Similar leaves to that of the chestnut, but with pubescent underside , and smaller (10 cm). Its blossoming is earlier that that of the chestnut (it is in May, that of the chestnut in summer). | ||
Oak of Lebanon: its flowers with long filaments are precocious (at the end of March). It also has toothed leaves as those of the chestnut. It attains 20 m. | ||
Squalid oak, Quercus glauca: Origin: Japan, China (hardy oak). Height: 10-15 m. Crown: ovoid. Habitat: hot tempered forest. Smooth, brown-grey bark. Deciduous leaves, but falling late in autumn; oval, tough, top shining in vein salient median, squalid green underside; 7-15 cm long. Fruit: elliptical acorn with conical apex, of 2 cm long, fitted tightly round in the third in the cupule endowed with annuluses with scales and silky hair. |
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Oak with leaf of Myrsine, Quercus myrsinifolia: Origin: Japan, China (hardy oak). Height: 12-18 m. Crown: rounded. Habitat: hot tempered forest. Smooth, brown-grey bark, with fine orange cracks. It resembles the bark of the beech. Persistent leaves, lanceolate, acuminate apex; dark green top, lustrous; very discreet teeth; 7-12 cm long. Fruit: ovoid acorn, fitted tightly round in the third in the cupule endowed with annuluses with scales. It does not attain his full maturity in Europe. Utility: its leaves are appreciated by silkworms. Attempts at raising silkworms in Europe with this tree have failed (just as with tree of heaven). |
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