Taxonomy: Fam. Fagaceae// Genus: Quercus// Species: Quercus cerris L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993).
Distribution: Native from South Central and South Europe to Turkey, Anti-Lebanon 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 cerris –habit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris –part of the crown. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – branch. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris –branch. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – branch. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – fruit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – fruit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – fruit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – twigs with leaves. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – twigs with leaves. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – twigs with leaves. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Quercus cerris – trunk and branches. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 09.09.2022. 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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