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Quercus petraea

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Quercus petraea

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Also known as durmast oak, sessile oak, Cornish oak, Irish oak

species of oak

OverviewAI-generated

Quercus petraea is a species of deciduous plant within the family Fagaceae. Its scientific name is Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl., and it belongs to the order Fagales and class Magnoliopsida. Common names for this taxon include Sessile Oak, durmast oak, trieste oak, Trauben-Eiche, and Traubeneiche.

The species is distributed across Europe and Anatolia. It has been designated as the national tree of Wales, where it is also called the Welsh Oak, and is considered the county tree of Cornwall, known there as the Cornish Oak. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2017. Records indicate a longest observed lifespan of 866.

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Species

Least Concern

Quercus petraea

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFagales
  5. FamilyFagaceae
Native toAlbania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France
Observations recorded381,395

無梗花櫟(學名:Quercus petraea),又稱岩生櫟,分佈於歐洲及安納托利亞。 無梗花櫟是威爾士的國樹,因此在威爾士亦稱威爾士橡樹(Welsh Oak),同時也被認為是康沃爾郡的郡樹,因此亦稱康沃爾橡樹(Cornish Oak)。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,065
With media
996
Family
Fagaceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, UCSB, MEL, MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND, CAS, MOR
Recorded in
Switzerland, United States, Lebanon, Canada, Germany, Poland, Mexico, Turkey

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Encyclopedic overview

Quercus petraea, commonly known as the sessile oak, Welsh oak, Cornish oak, Irish oak or durmast oak, is a species of deciduous oak tree native to most of Europe and into Anatolia and Iran. The sessile oak is the national tree of Ireland, and an unofficial emblem in Wales and Cornwall.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quercus petraea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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