Quercus phillyreoides explained

Quercus phillyreoides is a species of flowering plant in the genus Quercus, placed in subgenus Cerris and section Ilex.^[1] 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.^[2]

Uses

The Japanese use Quercus phillyreoides or ubame oak to produce binchōtan, a traditional variety of vegetal activated carbon.^[3] It has found use as a street tree in a number of European cities.^[4]

References

1. Web site: Denk . Thomas . Grimm . Guido W. . Manos . Paul S. . Deng . Min . Hipp . Andrew L. . 2017 . Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks . figshare . 2023-02-18 . xls . amp .
2. 296588-1 . Quercus phillyreoides A.Gray . 25 October 2022 .
3. Guichard-Anguis . Sylvie . Walking through World Heritage Forest in Japan: the Kumano pilgrimage . Journal of Heritage Tourism . 6 . 4 . 2011 . 285–295 . 1743-873X . 10.1080/1743873X.2011.620114 . 143584287.
4. The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities . 2020 . Ossola . Alessandro . Hoeppner . Malin J. . Burley . Hugh M. . Gallagher . Rachael V. . Beaumont . Linda J. . Leishman . Michelle R. . Global Ecology and Biogeography . 29 . 11 . 1907–1914 . 10.1111/geb.13169 . 225429443 .