General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 30 - 125 feet, most often seen at 30 to 50 feet.
Plant Spread: 30 - 50 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: Pubescent (velvety) on both upper and lower surfaces.
Fruit: Other: 1 inch dry, hard acorns; bicolored orange grading to a greenish-brown tip, set in wooly, bristly cup..
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Brown
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Shade Tree
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Turkey Oak
  • European Turkey Oak
  • Oak

Photo Gallery
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2024-09-26
fallen leaves I collected and put on top of paper
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2024-09-26
trunk of the big specimen planted in Marshall Square Park
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2024-09-26
looking up at the foliage of the big tree planted in Marshall Squ
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2024-09-26
upper part of the big tree in Marshall Square Park on a cloudy da
Location: Botanical Graden Meise - Nationale Plantentuin Meise - Brussel
Date: 2017-09-27
Location: Botanical Graden Meise - Nationale Plantentuin Meise - Brussel
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-06-24
Developing fruit
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-06-24
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Sep 26, 2024 4:35 PM concerning plant:
    This species is native to southern Europe and western Asia. I have so far only ever seen one big tree that was planted long ago in a park that is mostly a small arboretum called Marshall Square in West Chester, Pennsylvania; a plant collection started by the botanist of Humphrey Marshall in the 18th century. It has the smallest leaves that I have seen on an oak species. Most of the leaves are 3 to 4 inches long and 2 inches wide. Dr. Michael Dirr wrote that there are some good specimens planted at Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, PA. Therefore, it is a foreign oak species only really seen in America in arboretums. Good-looking big tree.

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