Quercus petraea(Matt.) Liebl.

Sessile Oakdurmast oaksessile oak, durmast oak

WFO wfo-0000292459 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Quercus petraea, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. a Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-07 / obs. 205794960
Quercus petraea, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. b Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202821283
Quercus petraea, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. c Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199761398
Quercus petraea, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. d Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198800168
Quercus petraea, photographed by vetch10
fig. e vetch10, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198620912
Quercus petraea, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. f Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197191163
Quercus petraea, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. g Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194281557
Quercus petraea, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. h Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193911511

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Quercus petraea is native: Iran, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine IranLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyKrymNetherlandsNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Quercus petraea, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 182 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Quercus abietum Kotschy ex A.DC.
  • Quercus adriatica Gand.
  • Quercus anglica Gand.
  • Quercus approximata Gand.
  • Quercus arnasensis Gand.
  • Quercus arrecta Gand.
  • Quercus attenuata Gand.
  • Quercus ballica Gand.
  • Quercus borealis Gand.
  • Quercus brachylobus Gand.
  • Quercus brevipedunculata Cariot & St.-Lag.
  • Quercus brumalis Gand.
  • Quercus calcarea Troitsky
  • Quercus calcicola Gand.
  • Quercus cedrorum Kotschy
  • Quercus colchica Czeczott
  • Quercus collivaga Gand.
  • Quercus columbaria Vuk.
  • Quercus conformis Gand.
  • Quercus coriacea Bechst.
  • Quercus coriascens Gand.
  • Quercus coronensis Schur
  • Quercus decipiens Behlen
  • Quercus dispar Raf.

and 158 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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