
#1596 most planted
Quercus macranthera
Caucasian oak · also Persian oak
Deciduous
28
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
7
cities
3.1 in
median trunk (8 cm, 21 measured)
5.4 yr
median age (57% have a planting date)
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Quercus macranthera, also known as Caucasian or Persian oak, is a deciduous tree native to Western Asia. It can grow up to 30 meters tall and is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental tree in Europe.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 100.00%—3.8 in
- 80.01%5.4 yr1.1 in
- 50.00%17 yr11 in
- 20.00%—23 in
- 10.00%—9.1 in
- 10.00%——
- 10.00%—2.0 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 98.4 ft
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.1 in, mean 6.6 in, 90th percentile 16 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.
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Elburz Range forest steppe
- Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
- South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert
Other Quercus in the catalogue
74 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.