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Quercus kongshanensis

Quercus kongshanensis is a tree species of oak, endemic to Sichuan Province in south-central China, and some botanists treat it as a synonym of Quercus engleriana. It is a woodland tree rarely grown in cultivation, so care advice here is general to oaks.

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during establishment and in long dry spells, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral loam.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C once established; protect young trees from severe frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
China (Sichuan)
Climate
temperate

About

Quercus kongshanensis is a species of oak. It is a tree endemic to Sichuan Province of south-central China.

The species was described by Yung Chun Hsu and Hsien Wei Jen in 1976. Some authorities consider it a synonym of Quercus engleriana.

Other Quercus plants

Quercus acatenangensis · Mapleleaf oak · Quercus acherdophylla · Quercus acrodonta · Quercus aculcingensis · Red Wood Evergreen Oak · Quercus acutangula · Quercus acutifolia · Sawtooth oak · Quercus aerea · African Oak · Quercus affinis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quercus kongshanensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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