Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.
(Sessile Oak)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesQuercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
GenusQuercus (oaks)
FamilyFAGACEAE (forest trees)
OrderFAGALES (forest trees)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak) :
1: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
6 Sep 2008 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
. Photos: acorns, buds
Image 1: Acorns - unripe (green) - close-upImage 2: Acorns - unripe (green) - close-up (2)Image 3: Buds - terminal - close-up - enlarged
2: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
22 Apr 2007 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
. Photos: Fresh spring foliage, trichomes
Image 1: FoliageImage 2: Foliage - close-upImage 3: Foliage - close-up (2)Image 4: Tree - in situImage 5: Leaf spray - top surface - pale backgroundImage 6: Leaf spray - under surface - pale backgroundImage 7: Stellate trichomes on leaf underside - magnifiedImage 8: Stellate trichomes on leaf underside - magnified (2)Image 9: Trichome - scraped from leaf underside - microscope low magnificationImage 10: Trichomes - on leaf underside - microscope low magnificationImage 11: Trichomes - on leaf underside - microscope low magnification (2)Image 12: Trichomes - on leaf underside - microscope low magnification (3)Image 13: Trichomes - on leaf underside - microscope low magnification (4)Image 14: Trichomes - on leaf underside - microscope low magnification (5)Image 15: Trichomes - on leaf underside - microscope low magnification (6)Image 16: Trichomes - on leaf underside - microscope low magnification (7)Image 17: Trichomes - on leaf underside - microscope low magnification (8)Image 18: Trichomes - scraped from leaf underside - microscope low magnification
3: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
15 Sep 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
. Photos: Leaves, leaf spray, acorns, buds
Image 1: AcornsImage 2: Acorns and cupulesImage 3: Axillary budImage 4: Leaf and acornsImage 5: Leaf spray showing undersides of leavesImage 6: Leaf upper- and under-sidesImage 7: Leaf underside - close-upImage 8: Leaf underside near midribImage 9: Terminal buds

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Crawley, M. 2005 The Flora of Berkshire 1375pp, Brambleby Books

Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 23 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
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