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Quercus petraea subsp. polycarpa

Quercus petraea subsp. iberica

Quercus petraea subsp. polycarpa
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0

A large deciduous oak tree native from Austria east to Iran, growing up to 20 to 25 m tall, and often called Georgian oak in the Caucasus. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, and is grown mainly for timber and landscape planting.

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water young trees regularly in their first dry seasons, then rely mainly on rainfall, as it prefers drier regions but does well in moist western soils.
Soil
Well-drained soil; tolerates a range of soils but dislikes excessively moist or marshy ground.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; native from temperate Central Europe to Iran and up to 1,000 to 2,000 m elevation.
How easy
Moderate

About

Quercus petraea subsp. polycarpa, synonyms including Quercus iberica, is a deciduous tree native from Austria to Iran. Its range includes the Caucasus, where it may be called the Georgian oak.

Where it grows

Quercus petraea subsp. polycarpa is native to central and eastern Europe from Austria to European Turkey, including Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, former Yugoslavia and the Caucasus (including Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) and temperate asia including Turkey and Iran.

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 petraea subsp. polycarpa 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.

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