Kermes Oak in natural environment, mountain near Kalamaki. Greece 2009, Zante
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae Genus: Quercus Section: Cerris Species: Q. coccifera Binomial name Quercus coccifera The Kermes Oak (Quercus coccifera) is an oak in the Turkey oak section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is native to the western Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal east to Greece. It is a large shrub, rarely a small tree, reaching 1-6 m tall (rarely to 10 m) and 50 cm trunk diameter. It is evergreen, with spiny-serrated leaves cm long and 1-3 cm broad. The acorns are 2-3 cm long and cm diameter when mature about 18 months after pollination. They are held in a cup covered in dense, elongated, reflexed scales. The Kermes Oak is closely related to the Palestine Oak (Q. calliprinos) of the eastern Mediterranean, with some botanists including the latter in Kermes Oak as a subspecies or variety. The Palestine Oak is distinguished from it by its larger size (more often a tree, up to 18 m) and larger acorns over 2 cm diameter.
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Location: Mountain near Kalamaki. Zante, Greece, 2009
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