Quercus × morisii Borzi

France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Algeria;

5-20 m;

3-7.5 x 2-4.5 cm, oblong lanceolate or lanceolate; leathery; lustrous light green, hairless above; whitish tomentose beneath; apex pointed, base truncate or subcordate; margin dentate-serrate, with mucronate regular teeth, sometimes entire at basal half; few, prominent secondary veins; petiole tomentose 0.5-1.2 cm;

male flowers with 4-5 slightly pubescent anthers and longer, narrower stigmas than in Q. ilex ; pistillate flowers on tomentose, 1-2 cm long rachis;

acorn solitary with stiff, tomentose, 1-3 cm long stalk; cup bell-shaped enclosing 1/2 of acorn, covered with numerous, silky scales with straight, free tip; maturing in 1 year;

prefers wet, not calcareous soils;

– Differs from Q.suber in having leaves less pubescent beneath, cup less fringed at margin, bark less corky; – Q. x pseudomorisii Camus is not different, as it is actually the hybrid between Q. ilex and Q. suber var. occidentalis ;