Quercus castaneifolia
Common name: 
Chestnut-leaved Oak
Chestnutleaf Oak
Persian Oak
Pronunciation: 
KWER-kus kas-tan-ee-i-FO-lee-a
Family: 
Fagaceae
Genus: 
Quercus
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Deciduous tree, to about 85 ft (25 m) high, rounded crown.  Leaves alternate, simple, elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, 7-16 cm long, base wedge-shaped to rounded, margin coarsely serrate, 6-14 vein pairs terminating in teeth, glossy dark green above, gray tomentose to glabrous below.  Acorns are ovoid, 2-3 cm long, have a very short stalk (nearly sessile), and the cup encloses a third to a half.
  • Sun
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 7      Native to the Caucasus and Iran.
  • castaneifolia: from Castane, the genus of chestnut, and folia, leaf.  Leaves resemble those of the chestnut.
  • Davis, California: U.C. Davis Arboretum.
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