Quercus gilva, the red-bark oak, is a species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and southeastern China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, and Zhejiang). It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Red-bark 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 salicina
- Quercus stenophylloides
- Quercus hypophaea
- Quercus pachyloma
- Quercus leucotrichophora
- Castanopsis indica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
- Species
- Quercus gilva
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