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Bamboo-leaf oak

Quercus myrsinifolia

Also called Bamboo Leaved Oak, Chinese Evergreen Oak, Small Leaved Oak

Bamboo-leaf oak
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Bamboo-leaf oak is an evergreen tree from East Asia that can reach about 20 m tall, grown mainly as an ornamental or in parks in temperate climates. It is not commonly grown as a houseplant, so care here refers to outdoor cultivation.

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree, Grass
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water deeply during establishment and in dry spells, then let the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral loam.
Temperature
Hardy in mild temperate climates; young trees need protection from severe frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. & S. Japan, Korea (Jin-do), C. & S. China to Indo-China
Climate
temperate

About

Quercus myrsinifolia is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has several common names, including bamboo-leaf oak, Chinese evergreen oak, and Chinese ring-cupped oak. Its Chinese name is 小叶青冈; pinyin: xiǎo yè qīng gāng, which means little leaf ring-cupped oak (literally translated as little leaf green ridge tree), in Japan it is called white oak (白樫, shirakashi; not to be confused with Quercus alba) and in Korea it is known as gasinamu (가시나무). It is native to east central and southeast China, Japan, Korea, Laos, northern Thailand, and Vietnam. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quercus myrsinifolia 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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