''Quercus vulcanica'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

in the

Fagaceae The Fagaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species occur as eve ...

family. It is referred to by the common name Kasnak oak, and is a rare species of tree native to

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

, Syria, and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It is placed in section ''Quercus''. ''Quercus vulcanica'' is highly valued in its native region as a source of lumber and also as an ornamental. It is a large tree up to tall, with a trunk sometimes attaining in diameter. The

bark Bark may refer to: * Bark (botany), an outer layer of a woody plant such as a tree or stick * Bark (sound), a vocalization of some animals (which is commonly the dog) Places * Bark, Germany * Bark, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland Arts, en ...

is gray and fissured. The leaves are up to long, egg-shaped with deep lobes, green on the top but yellow-green on the underside.Kotschy, Carl Georg Theodor 1860. Die Eichen Europa's und des Orient's plate 18

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(EUFORGEN) vulcanica Flora of Lebanon Flora of Syria Trees of Turkey Plants described in 1860 Ornamental trees Garden plants of Asia Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier Taxa named by Theodor von Heldreich Taxa named by Theodor Kotschy {{Quercus-stub