Quercus brantii

Quercus brantii, Brant's oak,^[4] is a species of oak native to Western Asia, mainly in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.^[5][6]

Quercus brantii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Cerris
Section:	Quercus sect. Cerris
Species:	Q. brantii
Binomial name
Quercus brantii Lindl.[2]
Synonyms[3]
List Quercus aegilops subsp. brantii (Lindl.) A.Camus Quercus baneica Djav.-Khoie, contrary to Art. 30.5 Quercus brantii subsp. oophora (Kotschy) O.Schwarz Quercus oophora Kotschy Quercus squamulosa Djav.-Khoie, contrary to Art. 30.5

A shrub or small tree, Quercus brantii grows to between 6 and 15 meters tall, and has serrated leaves with 5-14 teeth per side.^[7]

Quercus brantii (covering more than 50% of the Zagros Mountains forest steppe ecoregion) is the most important tree species of the Zagros Mountains in Iran.^[8] It grows in soils derived from limestone at altitudes up to 2200 meters above sea level, and forms communities with other oaks, as well as Pinus brutia, Styrax officinalis, and Paliurus spina-christi.^[7]

Iranians use its seed in traditional medicine. Other useful products derived from oaks include fuel wood, charcoal and timber hardwood.^[9]