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172.70.85.78: Created page with "Palestine Oak. The '''Palestine Oak''' ''(Quercus calliprinos)'' is an oak classified as part of the ''Cerris'' section of the genus growing in the Mediterranean climate zone, mainly on limestone, in mid-elevations, often dominating the flora, alongside terebinths (''Pistacia terebinthus'').Zohary, M. "The maquis of Quercus calliprinos in Israel, Palestine,..."

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[[Image:Quercus calliprinos tree 1.JPG|thumb|Palestine Oak.]]
The '''Palestine Oak''' ''(Quercus calliprinos)'' is an [[oak]] classified as part of the [[Quercus section Cerris|''Cerris'']] section of the genus growing in the [[Mediterranean climate]] zone, mainly on [[limestone]], in mid-elevations, often [[Plant community|dominating the flora]], alongside terebinths (''[[Pistacia terebinthus]]'').<ref>Zohary, M. "The maquis of Quercus calliprinos in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan." Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel 9.2 (1960): 51-72.</ref>.

It is native to eastern [[Mediterranean]] region and southwest [[Asia]], and grows in the [[Levant]], [[North Africa]] to [[Anatolia]] and further eastwards. ''Quercus calliprinos'' is closely related to the [[Kermes oak]] (''Q. coccifera'') of the western Mediterranean, and is treated as a [[subspecies]] or [[Variety (botany)|variety]] of it by some botanists. The Kermes oak is distinguished from it by its smaller size (usually shrubby, not over {{Convert|10|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}) and smaller acorns less than 2 cm diameter. Within the '' Holy Land'' of the Arab entity of [[Palestine]] ''(Hashemi Republic)'' it is the designate '''National State tree of the Palestinian Nationalist [[State of Palestine]]'''{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official designated Nationalist State tree and Awarded Plant emblem of the [[State of Palestine]]” respectively''}}.

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[[Category:Quercus|calliprinos]]
[[Category:Flora of North Africa]]
[[Category:Trees of Mediterranean climate]]
[[Category:Trees of the Middle East]]
[[Category:Palestine]]
[[Category:State of Palestine]]
[[Category:National symbols of the State of Palestine]]

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