Taxonomy: Fam. Fagaceae// Genus: Quercus// Species: Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.// Subspecies: Quercus petraea subsp. iberica (Steven ex M. Bieb.) Krassiln.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993) as Quercus polycarpa Schur. This taxon is accepted at the subspecies level by Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).
Distribution: Native from Slovakia to Balkan Peninsula, Krym, Turkey to Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Mixed oak forests.
Lifeform: Perennial, tree; Mesophanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Spring: (APR, MAY).
Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– crown with branches. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– branches. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– branches with fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– branches with fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica–branch with fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica–branch with fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– branch with fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– twig with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– twig with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– twig with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica–leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica– twig, leaf petiole and abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica–twig with buds. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica–twig with buds. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus petraeasubsp. iberica–twig with buds. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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