Report from the Oak ICRA checklist
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Full Name: - Quercus libani

Quercus libani G. Olivier (1801)
Infrageneric Classification
Subgenus Cerris, Section Cerris
Common Names in this Database
Natural Distribution
WEST ASIA: W IRAN, NW IRAQ, LEBANON (Mount Lebanon), N & W SYRIA, TURKEY: (E Anatolia)
Conservation Status
Rated as Least Concern (LC) in the The Red List of Oaks
Illustration of Leaves
Image from a plant at The National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Meise) ©Jan De Langhe, Ghent University Botanical Garden, 2010
Hybrids in this Database
Quercus ×oophora Kotschy (1862) pro sp.
Main Horticultural References
The European Garden Flora vol. 3 (1989) page 68
The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs, 7th ed. (2002) page 252
Hortus Third (1976) page 934
(Krüssmann) Manual of Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees & Shrubs (in English) vol. 3 (1986) page 94
The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3 (1992) page 785
The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1728
(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. vol. 3 (1976) page 490
(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. Supplement (1988) page 411
Recent Monograph References
(Menitsky) Oaks of Asia (2005) page 119
(Hardÿ & Lamant) Guide illustré des Chênes (2006) Volume 1, page 230
(Heathcoat Amory) The Oaks of Chevithorne Barton (2009) page 120 illustrated (leaves, page 121 young tree)