The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Insecata Durmast oak

Family: Fagaceae (beech family)

Distribution: Species native to Europe and w. Asia

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: This is a selection of an important deciduous forest tree that grows to 100' or more in its native habitat in Europe. Leaves on this cultivar are 4-5" long and are deeply cut, appearing threadlike, as if insect eaten. Foliage is lustrous dark green in summer turning yellow in the fall. Fruit is an acorn, unstalked, 3/4-1" long.