Quercus libani, the Lebanon oak, is a species of oak native to the eastern Mediterranean in western Asia, including in western Syria, Lebanon, eastern Turkey, and northern Iraq and Iran.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lebanon oak being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Quercus castaneifolia
- Quercus afares
- Quercus trojana
- Quercus acutissima
- Quercus canariensis
- Quercus albocincta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
- Species
- Quercus libani
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