Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia seed

LATIN NAME: CYCLOBALANOPSIS MYRSINIFOLIA

COMMON NAME: Bamboo-Leaved Oak

The bamboo-leaved oak shades the evergreen tree with the slender, willow-like, toothed leaves that recall the bamboo foliage and the small, rounded acorns in the shallow, scaly cups that ripen through the autumn, the dense, leafy crown shading the ground below. The tree grows steadily into the neat, rounded form, and it stands the cold and the city air well. It likes the sun or the light shade, and the deep, moist, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The bamboo-like leaves of the bamboo-leaved oak give it a recognised place in the research on the evergreen oaks of the warm-temperate forests, and the myrsinifolia species appears in the studies of the dense-crown development and the acorn biology. The work looks at the way the narrow leaves recall the bamboo, the clean, tidy growth, and the seed handling. The foresters value the evergreen cover, and the growers of the evergreen shade trees keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the large garden, the bamboo-leaved oak shades the garden through the year with the leafy crown. The acorns feed the wildlife, the dense crown gives the deep shade and the shelter, and the tree makes the fine avenue and the specimen. It thrives in the deep, moist, well-drained, sunny or lightly shaded ground. Fine-leaved, evergreen and shade-giving.

To grow the Bamboo-Leaved Oak from seed, sow the fresh acorns into the deep drills of the open bed in the autumn, then cover them well, keep the drills moist and cool, and the young trees appear in the spring.

Keep the drills moist and cool, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The shaded crown comes over the years. Settle the young trees in the deep, moist ground, and the leafy crown will deepen over the years.

Quercus myrsinifolia Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia