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Quercus aliena (Oriental White Oak)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Quercus aliena, the Oriental white oak, is a species of oak in the family Fagaceae, in the white oak section Quercus.
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Infraspecies

Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata
Quercus aliena var. acutiserrata
Quercus aliena var. aliena
Quercus aliena var. alticupuliformis
Quercus aliena var. pekingensis
Quercus aliena var. pellucida

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Specific Gravity [2]  0.687
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  A mulch of the leaves repels slugs, grubs etc, though fresh leaves should not be used as these can inhibit plant growth. Oak galls are excrescences that are sometimes produced in great numbers on the tree and are caused by the activity of the larvae of different insects. The insects live inside these galls, obtaining their nutrient therein. When the insect pupates and leaves, the gall can be used as a rich source of tannin, that can also be used as a dyestuff; Wood. Of local value, it is used mainly for boat building;
Height [1]  66 feet (20 m)
Width [1]  49 feet (15 m)
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Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5Diet and activity budget of Rhinopithecus roxellana in the Qinling Mountains, China, Songtao Guo, Baoguo Li, Kunio Watanabe, Primates (2007) 48:268–276
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0