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Quercus cerris, Linn. Turkey Oak. Tree, to 120 ft., with rather 
short spreading branches forming a broad pyramidal, at length often 
irregular open head: lvs. oblong or obovate-oblong, pinnatifid, with 
3-8 pairs of entire or few-toothed lobes, dark green and somewhat rough 
above, grayish pubescent or almost glabrous beneath at length: fr. 
short-stalked, ripening the second year; acorn oblong-ovate, to 1 1/2 
in. long, embraced about one-half by the large mossy cup. S.E. Eu. W. 
Asia. Mn. 3:166. Gn. 27, pp. 476, 477. H.W. 2:25, pp. 74-6. G.W. 8, p. 
181. F.E. 14:1264 (pl. 41).—Handsome oak with dark green foliage and of 
pyramidal habit when young, but not quite hardy N. Easily recognized 
even in winter by the slender subulate scales surrounding and exceeding 
the winter buds. Var. austriaca, Loud. Lvs. longer-petioled, less 
deeply lobed, or almost sinuately dentate with short, acute, entire 
lobes. For Q. austriaca sempervirens, see Q. Pseudotuneri in
suppl. list. Var. laciniata, Loud. Lvs. deeply pinnatifid, often almost 
to the midrib divided into narrow oblong acute lobes. Var. Ambrozyana, 
Aschers. & Graebn. (Q. Ambrozyana, Simonkai). Lvs. half-evergreen, 
smaller, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, with bristly teeth; stipules 
smaller, caducous. Hungary.—There are hybrids with Q. Suber, for which 
see Q. Lucombeana, in suppl. list.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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