collected ringed cupules - inspired a child to look at them |
Quercus L. (コナラ)
Shirakashi (シラカシ, 白樫/白橿), bamboo-leaf oak
Sihra = white, Kashi = oak
→ the wood is white (the bark is black)
Life form: evergreen tall tree
Distribution: ... Japan (south to Fukushima Prefecture)
Habitat: in evergreen forests → climax species
Leaf: pale-white backside
Pollination: wind
Seed dispersal: gravity or cache by acorns
Utilization: street tree, wood, medicine (leaf)
Synonyms:
Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia (Blume) Oerst.
http://hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsuyu/top/plt/beech/quercus/myr.html