Fagaceae
European turkey oak
Quercus cerris
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (42)
- Afrikaans
- Turkse eik, Moseik
- Albanian
- Qarri
- Arabic
- سنديان أشعر, بلوط أشعر, بلوط تركي
- arz
- سنديان اشعر
- Asturian
- Carbayu turcu
- azb
- ساچلی پالید
- Azerbaijani
- Avstriya palıdı
- Basque
- Turkiar haritz
- Bosnian
- Hrast cer
- Bulgarian
- Цер, Тракийски дъб
- Catalan
- Roure cerris
- Chinese
- 土耳其栎, 土耳其櫟, 山羊栎
- Croatian
- Hrast cer
- Czech
- Dub cer, Dub slovenský
- Danish
- Frynse-Eg
- Dutch
- Moseik, Turkse eik
- English
- European turkey oak, Turkey oak, Austrian oak, Mossy-cup oak
- Esperanto
- Muska kverko
- Finnish
- Turkintammi
- French
- Chêne chevelu, Chêne cerre, Chêne de Bourgogne, Chêne de Turquie, Chêne lombard, Doucier
- Georgian
- Თურქული მუხა
- German
- Zerreiche, Zerr-Eiche
- Hebrew
- אלון שסוע, אלון טורקי, אלון תורכי
- hsb
- Burgundski dub
- Hungarian
- Csertölgy, Cserfa
- Icelandic
- Kögureik
- Italian
- Cerro, Cerri
- Japanese
- ターキー・オーク, トルコオーク, トルコカシ, トルコナラ
- Latvian
- Austrijas ozols
- Macedonian
- Цер, Даб цер
- nap
- Cierr
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Frynseeik
- Persian
- بلوط ترک
- Polish
- Dąb burgundzki
- Serbian
- Cer, Цер
- Serbian (Latin)
- Hrast cer, Cer
- Slovak
- Dub cerový
- Slovenian
- Cer
- Spanish
- Roble de Turquia, Roble de Turquía
- Swedish
- Turkisk ek
- Turkish
- Saçlı meşe
- Welsh
- Derwen Twrci
Synonyms
- Cerris australis Raf.
- Cerris austriaca (Willd.) Raf.
- Cerris crinita Raf.
- Cerris paliphleos Raf.
- Quercus aegilops Scop.
- Quercus ambrozyana Simonk.
- Quercus aspleniifolia hort. ex A.DC.
- Quercus austriaca Willd.
- Quercus cana hort. ex Steud.
- Quercus cerris f. balatae Boros ex Mátyás
- Quercus cerris f. basi-cuneata Mátyás
- Quercus cerris f. cyclloloba Borbás
- Quercus cerris f. laciniato-lyrata Mátyás
- Quercus cerris f. lancifolia Georgescu & Morariu
- Quercus cerris f. leviterlobata Mátyás
- Quercus cerris f. macrophylla Georgescu & Morariu
- Quercus cerris f. pendula (Neill) Asch. & Graebn.
- Quercus cerris f. roborilobata Mátyás
- Quercus cerris f. sinuato-lobata Mátyás
- Quercus cerris f. verae-csapodyae Mátyás
- Quercus cerris subsp. acuto-bipinnata Mátyás
- Quercus cerris subsp. austriaca (Willd.) Nyman
- Quercus cerris subsp. austriaca (Willd.) O.Schwarz
- Quercus cerris subsp. tournefortii (Willd.) O.Schwarz
- Quercus cerris var. austriaca (Willd.) Loudon
- Quercus cerris var. bipinnatifida Schur
- Quercus cerris var. bithynica A.Camus
- Quercus cerris var. caramanica Kotschy
- Quercus cerris var. haliphlaeos (Lam.) Lam.
- Quercus cerris var. longimucronata Hausskn.
- Quercus cerris var. pendula Neill
- Quercus cerris var. pseudocerris (Boiss.) Boiss.
- Quercus cerris var. sinuata Schur
- Quercus cerris var. tournefortii (Willd.) K.Koch
- Quercus crinita Lam.
- Quercus crispa hort. ex Steud.
- Quercus echinata Salisb.
- Quercus frondosa Mill.
- Quercus frondosa Steud.
- Quercus haliphlaeos Lam.
and 12 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sean Crocker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sean Crocker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Sarah Adamson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: lucas8563, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Marianna Boi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: philippe_87, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: jamie-aa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.