| Quercus serrata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Quercus |
| Species: | Q. serrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus serrata Murray | |
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Quercus serrata, the jolcham oak (Chinese: 枹栎; pinyin: bāolì, Japanese: 小楢 (konara)), is an East Asian species of tree in the beech family. It is native to China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.
Description
Quercus serrata is a deciduous oak tree reaching a height of 25 metres (82 feet) occupying elevations from 100–2,000 m (330–6,560 ft). The bark is gray or reddish-brown with longitudinal furrows. The leaves are up to 17 centimetres (6+3⁄4 in) long by 9 cm (3+1⁄2 in) wide, leathery, elliptical in shape, with serrated margins; they are densely covered with trichomes when young, becoming glabrous with age. The petioles are short (3 cm). The flowers are pistillate inflorescences from 1.5–3 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄4 in) long, occurring in March to April. The seeds are oval-shaped acorns 1.7–2 cm (5⁄8–3⁄4 in) long and take one year to mature. A cup with trichomes and triangular shaped scales covers 1⁄4 to 1⁄3 of the acorn.
The plant frequently attracts stinkbugs which lay their eggs inside them.
References
- "Quercus serrata Murray". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
- "Quercus serrata subsp. serrata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds. (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 600. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 12 March 2019 – via Korea Forest Service.
- Makino Tomitaro. 2016. Makino Nihon Shokubutsu Zuroku. Student edition. Tokyo: Hokuryukan.
- ^ Huang, Chengjiu; Zhang, Yongtian; Bartholomew, Bruce. "Quercus serrata". Flora of China. Vol. 4 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- International Oak Society - Report from the Oak ICRA checklist (Quercus serrata)
- "Biological roles of symbiont-supplemented egg-covering jelly of urostylidid stinkbugs". Phys.org. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2017-04-04.