Quercus cerris seeds grow into the Turkey oak — a large, fast-growing, impressive deciduous tree native to the temperate biome of south-central and southern Europe east through Turkey and the Anti-Lebanon mountains (Lebanon/Syria border area) — a wider range than 'Europe' alone implies. One of the fastest-growing European oaks, it reaches 35 m with a broad, domed crown and develops distinctive acorn cups with long, spreading, bristly scales — the most immediately recognisable character of the species and the feature that distinguishes it from all other European oaks. The bark is deeply and irregularly furrowed, dark brown to grey. Durable timber. Now naturalised in parts of Britain where it can hybridise with the native pendunculate oak. Family Fagaceae.Full sun; adaptable to a wide range of soils including poor and dry ones; drought-tolerant; one of the fastest-growing large oaks in temperate climates. Distinctive acorn cups with long, spreading, bristly scales — the immediately diagnostic character One of the fastest-growing European oaks; large to 35 m; deeply furrowed dark bark S. Central & S. Europe to Türkiye and Anti-Lebanon — temperate biome Widely naturalised in Britain; durable timber; excellent wildlife habitat Full sun; adaptable to poor dry soils; drought-tolerant; outstanding park tree Quercus cerris is one of Europe's most impressive and fast-growing oaks — the Turkey oak's extraordinary bristly acorn cups, rapid growth, wide distribution from Italy and the Balkans to Turkey and Lebanon, and durable timber make it one of the most ecologically and commercially significant oaks of the European and western Asian temperate landscape. IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.
