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| name = Algerian Oak<br />
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| image = Quercus canariensis leaves.jpg<br />
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[eudicotyledon|Rosopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Fagales]]<br />
| familia = [[Fagaceae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Oak|Quercus]]''<br />
| species = '''''Q. canariensis'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Quercus canariensis''<br />
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]<br />
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The '''Algerian Oak''' or '''Mirbeck's Oak''' (''Quercus canariensis'') is an [[oak]] in the section [[List of Quercus species|''Quercus'' sect. ''Mesobalanus'']], native to southern [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[Tunisia]], [[Algeria]] and [[Morocco]]; despite the scientific name, it does not occur naturally in the [[Canary Islands]].<br />
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It is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] to [[evergreen|semi-evergreen]] [[tree]] growing to 20-30 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 10-15 cm long and 6-8 cm broad, with 6-12 pairs of shallow lobes. The [[flower]]s are [[catkin]]s; the [[fruit]] is an [[acorn]] 2.5 cm long and 2 cm broad, in a shallow cup.<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Quercus&SPECIES_XREF=canariensis&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Quercus canariensis'']<br />
*[http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=171953&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=171953&status=true Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist: ''Quercus canariensis'']<br />
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