Quercus coccifera
Kermes oak · also Holly oak, Palestine oak
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Quercus coccifera is an evergreen oak shrub or tree native to the Mediterranean region. It was historically important as a food plant for Kermes scale insects, used to produce a red dye. This species is highly drought adapted and requires very fast soil drainage.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 270.01%—13 in
- 20.00%—9.8 in
- 10.00%——
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 20–25 ft
- Canopy spread
- 40 ft
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 13 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 15 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
- Cyprus Mediterranean forests
- Northeast Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
Other Quercus in the catalogue
74 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
