All, It seems to me now that the oak is still an european tree: a rare cultivar of Quercus petraea called 'Mespilifolia'. The leaves differ so much from normal lobed leaves of Q. petraea that I couldn't suspect it.
Leaves of normal Q. petraea: http://www.kuleuven-kortrijk.be/bioweb/?lang=en&detail=307 and leaves of Q. petraea 'Mespilifolia': http://www.uspza.cz/obrazky5/13-dub_17_big.jpg As many tree species from eastern North America are commonly cultivated here (like Q. rubra, Q. coccinea, Acer saccharinum, A. negundo, ...), and I knew there are oak species with unlobed leaves in America, I suspected immediately it would be an American species. Sorry about a false alarm! Kouta --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
