Quercus ilex

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Quercus ilex in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Quercus Ilex, Linn. Holly or Holm Oak. Evergreen tree, to 60 ft., with large, round-topped head: bark not corky: lvs. very variable, ovate to lanceolate, remotely serrate or almost entire and with revolute margin, dark green above, yellowish or whitish tomentose or sometimes glabrescent beneath, 1-3 in. long: fr. 1-3, usually peduncled; acorn ovate, embraced about one-half by the cup; scales thin, appressed, rarely slightly spreading. S. Eu. M. D.G. 1898:275. H.W. 2:25, pp. 77-79. G.M.54: 895. Gn. 65, p. 320. Var. Ballota, DC. (Q. Ballota, Desf.). Lvs. smaller, orbicular or broadly ovate; the sweet acorn is often gathered for food. Var. Fordii, Nichols. (Q. Fordii, Carr.). Of pyramidal habit with narrower and smaller lvs. R.H. 1861, pp. 114, 115; 1885, pp. 352, 353. Not to be confounded with Q. Fordiana, Hemsl., a Chinese species with chestnut-like lvs. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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