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Ubame Oak
Quercus phillyreoides
Quercus phillyreoides is a species of flowering plant in the genus Quercus, placed in subgenus Cerris and section Ilex. It is evergreen, withstands frost and can be grown in hardiness zone 7. It is native to southern China, the Ryukyu Islands, and Japan, and has been introduced to Korea.
From the article Quercus phillyreoides on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
At the table
The Japanese use Quercus phillyreoides or ubame oak to produce binchōtan, a type of charcoal and a traditional variety of vegetal activated carbon. It has found use as a street tree in a number of European cities.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Quercus phillyreoides in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 977882.