Pyrenean oak

Also known as: Spanish oak

A large, spreading, deciduous tree with a broadly rounded crown of often drooping branches with downy young shoots. Leaves to 16cm long are broadly oblong, deeply lobed and toothed and dark glossy green above with felted, greyish-green undersides. Long, drooping male catkins turn from grey to gold in late spring; acorns are produced in clusters to two to four on a downy, erect stalk

Scientific classification

Species: Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica)
Genus: Quercus
Family: Fagaceae

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Toxicity: Trees
Plant type: Higher than 12 metres
Height: wider than 8 metres
Spread: Deciduous
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Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of Pyrenean oak

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Quick identification of Pyrenean oak

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Pyrenean oak care guide

Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakings
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Watering

Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced shrub or tree feed once each early spring

Pruning

Little pruning is needed. Remove diseased, damaged, crowded or crossing shoots and unwanted growth. Timing depends on the plant: generally late winter or early spring; plants prone to bleeding and deciduous magnolias need different timing, and deciduous azaleas and lilacs are pruned after flowering.