Quercus pubescens

Downy oak or pubescent oak is in the white oak group (Quercus), in the beech or Fagaceae family, and is native to southern Europe and southwest Asia, from northern Spain (Pyrenees) east to the Crimea and the Caucasus, parts of France and parts of central Europe. It is medium-sized deciduous tree growing up to 20 m in height.

• Leaves are deciduous, simple, leathery, 4–10 cm long and 3–6 cm broad, variable shape, with 3-7 pairs of deep or shallow, blunt lobes usually divided into a few sub-lobes; the apex is usually rounded, the base heart-shaped; leaves pale green above, gray-green, pubescent below; petioles are 4-15 mm long; leaves turn brown in the winter and fall off.
• Fruit is an acorn, usually thin and pointed, light brown to yellow, 1–2 cm long, apex narrow, stocks are up to 2 cm long; cup is light gray to almost white, with overlapping scales, enclosing 1/3 of the nut, covered with tiny hairs; acorns usually are in clusters of 2–5.
• Bark bark is very rough, light grey and divided into small flakes; large trees develop very thick whitish bark with deep furrows.