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Quercus robur subsp. pedunculiflora, or Quercus pedunculiflora, the grayish oak, is a subspecies of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. Its a large tree, native to South-Eastern Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula and Peloponnesos, through Thrace and Eastern Anatolia, and the Caucasus. It can be found in deciduous forest, flood plains and steppes, up to 1800 m above sea level. It is a drought adapted species, being able to tolerate extreme heat, and for this reason Q. robur subsp. pedunculiflora may become a very important tree species for forestry, particularly in the context of global climate change.
Quercus robur subsp. pedunculiflora is listed in Southern Albania, in Serbia near Belgrade and in the Srem region of Vojvodina province, in Greece in Corfu island and Nestos Delta in the north-east of the country, in Bulgaria in the Black Sea area, in Slovakia, in Romania in the Balkan-Moesic province from Southern Oltenia through Muntenia to the southern part of Moldova, in the Czech Republic, in Ukraine in Crimea, in Turkey in East and South-East Anatolia. In the Caucasian Region Quercus robur subsp. pedunculiflora is observed in Georgia and in the west of Azerbaijan, Northern Armenia, Dagestan and in the north-west of Iran. Grayish oak enters in fragments of floodplain forests in the North of Greece, in Serbia, in the Thracian Lowland and the forests of the Ayazmo Park in Bulgaria. Also in Romania grayish oak enters in floodplain forests in the alluvial forests of Fraxinus angustifolia, near the Black Sea and also in the wooded steppe layer. In Georgia Quercus robur subsp.
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