Quercus × rosacea

Quercus × rosacea, the hybrid oak,^[2] is a naturally occurring hybrid species of oak native to central and northern Europe.^[1] It is a hybrid between sessile oak Quercus petraea, and pedunculate oak Quercus robur, found where their ranges overlap. As a fertile hybrid, it is morphologically variable, but in general the traits are intermediate between those of the parents.^[2]

Quercus × rosacea
Leaf cluster with acorn
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. × rosacea
Binomial name
Quercus × rosacea Bechst.[1]
Synonyms
Quercus × brevipes Heuff. Quercus × csatoi Borbás Quercus × sessiloides H.Lév. Quercus × allardii Hy Quercus × bossebovii Hy Quercus × castoi Borbás Quercus × erioneura Borbás Quercus × feketei Simonk. Quercus × hybrida Bechst. [Nom. illeg.] Quercus × intermedia Boenn. ex Rchb. Quercus × roborigermanica Lasch Quercus × secalliana C.Vicioso Quercus × superlata Borbás

A thin section of a Q. × rosacea specimen was used by artist-in-residence Tania Kovats to create a monumental work called TREE for the ceiling of the Mezzanine of the Natural History Museum, London in celebration of the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth.^[3]