Galcham oak
Quercus aliena · Fagaceae · 갈참나무
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are elliptic-obovate, 5 to 30 cm long, with 4 to 8 pairs of tooth-like serrations; the upper surface is glossy green and the underside grayish white with stellate hairs. The petiole is 1 to 36 mm long.
- Flowers
- Flowers open in May; male flowers have 6 to 14 stamens and female flowers have 2 to 4 stigmas.
- Fruit
- The cup is covered with triangular scales; the long oval nut (acorn) is 6 to 23 mm long and ripens in October.
- Bark
- Bark is slightly rough and cracked in a net pattern.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native
- Native to
- Native to the whole Korean Peninsula at elevations of 50 to 1,000 m; also found in southern East Asia, China and Japan.
- Ecology
- Grows in deep, fertile soil in valleys nationwide and on mountain foothills; shade-tolerant when young and sun-loving when mature.