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Quercus miyagii

Quercus miyagii
Photo: Show ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0

Quercus miyagii is an oak tree native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, typically reaching about 12 metres tall. It is a wild forest species and is not commonly grown as a garden or houseplant.

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly when young, then rely mainly on rainfall once established.
Soil
Well-drained loam or forest soil.
Temperature
Suited to subtropical and warm temperate conditions; protect young trees from frost.
Native range
Nansei-shotō
Climate
temperate

About

Quercus miyagii is a species of oak native to the Ryukyu Islands. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.

A tree typically 12 metres (39 feet) tall, its acorns are consumed by the freshwater crabs Geothelphusa grandiovata and Candidiopotamon okinawense, which gather them and store them in their burrows.

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 miyagii 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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