? Hungarian Oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae Genus: Quercus Species: Q. frainetto
Binomial name
Quercus frainetto Tenore

The Hungarian oak (Quercus frainetto) is a large oak, native to southeastern Europe (parts of Italy, the Balkans, parts of Hungary, Romania) and Turkey; it is classified in Quercus sect. Mesobalanus. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x1536, 1283 KB)A holly Hungarian oak tree near the Monastery of Koporin in Central Serbia. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families included in the Kew list: Fagaceae - Beech family   (including Nothofagaceae) Betulaceae - Birch family Corylaceae - Hazel family Ticodendraceae not included in the Kew list: Casuarinaceae - She-oak family Juglandaceae - Walnut family Rhoipteleaceae Myricaceae The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best known trees. ... Genera Castanea - Chestnuts Castanopsis Chrysolepis - Golden chinkapin Colombobalanus Fagus - Beeches Formanodendron Lithocarpus - Stone oaks Nothofagus - Southern beeches Quercus - Oaks Trigonobalanus The family Fagaceae, or beech family, is characterized by alternate leaves with pinnate venation, flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of nuts, one to seven... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature refers to the formal method of naming species. ... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ... // Genus Quercus Subgenus Quercus Typical oaks. ...

The leaves are large, 14-25 cm long (occasionally up to 33 cm), divided into 6-10 very deep parallel lobes which are usually divided into sublobes. The leaf stalks are usually short, 2-6 mm (rarely to 22 mm) long. The leaves are widest close to the apex, which is broad and short pointed. The base of the leaf usually has ear shaped projections (auricles) which sometimes overlap the twig. The light yellow green expanding leaves turn rich dark green by the beginning of summer. The leaves are covered with minute russet hairs, especially the lower surface. The leaves are concentrated at the ends of twigs. The leaves turn brown, russet or yellow in fall and sometimes remain attached to the twigs until the following spring. The buds are large, long and pointed, shiny russet or light brown in colour with minute tomentum. The twigs are stout and covered with russet upward pointed hairs. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ...

The light brown acorns develop in one year. They are small, 15-35 mm long, egg shaped, usually with a blunt apex. The acorn cup is covered with long overlapping scales and russet hairs. The acorns tend to concentrate in groups of 2 to 8 at the ends of twigs. ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the largest community organization of low and moderate-income families in the United States. ...

The bark is light grey in colour and cracks into small square cracking plates.

The centre of the Hungarian oak native range is in the Balkans. It is adapted to the subcontinental climate of southeastern Europe but the main factor of its occurrence at a particular site is the soil. It is specially adapted to heavy acidic soils (cambisols and vertisols), typical of Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. These soils are usually leached out, very dry in the summer and sometimes waterlogged in the spring. However, the Hungarian oak does not tolerate flooding or high water tables. It is also extremely sensitive to the presence of lime in the soil. Hence, opposite to its English name, the Hungarian oak is a very rare tree in Hungary, where the soils are generally very rich in lime. The Hungarian Oak-Turkey Oak forest is the most widespread association of this oak in the Balkans, which is also the most common forest type in Serbia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1232x1840, 1240 KB)Mature Hungarian oak growing in a closed forest. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1232x1840, 1240 KB)Mature Hungarian oak growing in a closed forest. ... Binomial name Quercus cerris L. The Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris) is an oak native to southern Europe and Asia Minor. ...

This oak is very variable in leaf shape but two main varieties are recognized, var. macrophylla with larger, shallowly lobed and narrower leaves, shorter leaf stalks and longer auricles at the base of the leaf, and var. minor with smaller, more round leaves with deeper lobes and longer leaf stalks and heart-shaped leaf bases.

It is an outstanding ornamental tree for large gardens, where it can reach heights of 38 m and a trunk diameter of nearly 2 m. An ornamental is a plant variety that is grown for its beauty (in its end use), rather than commercial or other value. ... Part of a garden in Bristol, England A flower bed in the gardens of Bristol Zoo, England Checkered flower bed in Tours, France A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. ...