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Quercus pubescens Willd.

Flora Europaea mesophanerophyte, Ph, 2n=24, diploid xeric to mesoxeric, from the forest-steppe up to the lower nemoral western Palearctic Quercetea pubescenti-petreae R4160-4163 habitats       The Downy Oak easily can be recognized due to its hairy twigs, buds and leaves. Near Bagau, Alba county, September 2005. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com