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Marcescent shrub, monoecious, that can reach up to 3 m in height, but rarely reaches above 1 m. Very ramose from the base, with bark \u00b1 smooth, ashen-whitish. Branchlets chestnut-yellowish, usually covered with a longly persistent tomentum; becoming glabrescent later. Leaves [2.5-6 (12) \u00d7 1.2-3.5(5) cm], alternate, marcescent, coriaceous, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, with entire margin roughly towards the base, and sinuate-dentate or lobulate \u00b1 from the middle to the apex. Young leaves tomentose on both sides; turning \u00b1 dark green when adult, lustrous and glabrous on the upper side and \u00b1 ashen and tomentose on the underside. Petiole tomentose (1-5 mm). Male flowers numerous, in greenish-yellow catkins, pendant (3-5 cm). Female flowers grouped in 2-5 into erect spikes. Fruit (the acorn) an ovoid achene (10-16 \u00d7 8-12 mm), chestnut in colour, with cupule composed of ovate-triangular scales, imbricated and \u00b1 applied, tomentose, lower scales \u00b1 gibbous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12648","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nQuercus lusitanica Lam. - North Africa Trees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quercus lusitanica Lam. - North Africa Trees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marcescent shrub, monoecious, that can reach up to 3 m in height, but rarely reaches above 1 m. Very ramose from the base, with bark \u00b1 smooth, ashen-whitish. Branchlets chestnut-yellowish, usually covered with a longly persistent tomentum; becoming glabrescent later. 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