''Quercus ichnusae'' is a species of
oak
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...
endemic to
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...
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It is a deciduous tree growing up to 25 meters tall. It is native to the hills and mountains of Sardinia from 400 to 1200 meters elevation, where it grows in woodlands with the island's other native deciduous oaks.
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References
{{Taxonbar, from= Q15337774
ichnusae
Endemic flora of Sardinia
Plants described in 1999