Quercus × hispanica Lam.

15 m; reaches sometimes to 30 m, with a trunk 2 m in diameter;

4 to 8.5 cm long, 3-4 cm wide; semi-evergreen; from oval-lanceolate (most often) to oval-oblong or oval; apex always pointed; base cuneate or truncate; margin always with 5-9 regular mucronate lobes, and sinuses deeper near the middle of the blade; adaxially shiny green, sparsely stellate pubescent; abaxially grey-green, with a tomentum made of trichomes with 6-11 rays more than 200 microns long; 6-10 vein pairs at an angle of 30-45° with the midrib; petiole 1 cm long, pubescent;

acorn oblong, 2.5 cm long, brown, with apex slightly depressed; peduncle 1 cm long, thick, tomentose; enclosed 1/3 or 1/2 by cup; cupscales slender, sinuous, 0.2-0.5 cm long, not appressed (at least near apex), curved backward; bitter; maturing in 2 years;

– Section Cerris, subsection Suber (with suber ). – Polymorphous species, depending on whether Q. cerris or Q. suber is dominating; which has led to the description of a lot of species, subspecies, varieties and formas;