Quercus canariensis

Willd.

Algerian oak

Fagaceae

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Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. Arboretum Tasmania.

Africa, Algeria, Australia, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tasmania, Tunisia,

Countries: Angola, Australia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tree. It grows 20-30 m tall. The trunk is 1.5 m across. The bark is deeply cracked. The leaves are 10-15 cm long and 6-8 cm wide. The fruit is an acorn 2.5 cm long and 2 cm wide in a shallow cup.

Wikipedia

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Quercus canariensis, the Algerian oak, Mirbeck's oak or zean oak, is an oak native to southern Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Despite the scientific name, it does not occur naturally today in the Canary Islands. It is placed in section Quercus.

Names & Synonyms

Quercus carpinifolia Sennenand several others

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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