Quercus pontica
Quercus pontica
Yayla peliti
Deciduous tall shrub, 3-5 m, with lax habit; young shoots glabrous, reddish-brown; buds ovoid, c. 1 cm, pubescent, scales with dark margins. Leaves mostly at ends of branches, elliptic to broadly elliptic, 10-26 x 5-13 cm, ±regularly serrate with 20-30 acute teeth, acute at apex, cuneate below; primary veins to c. 30, parallel, prominent; intercalary veins absent; upper surface glabrous, dark green, lower surface paler with scattered hairs on veins; petiole 1-2 cm. Fruits clustered on short stout peduncles at ends of branches. Cupule hemispherical, 15-20 mm diam., brownish; scales triangular-ovate, acuminate with adpressed tips, pubescent; acorn 3/4 exserted. Fr. 8-9. In Fagus orientalis, Picea orientalis, Rhododendron forest, 800-2100 m,
Georgia. Euxine element.
