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Kermes oak

Quercus coccifera

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 155, February 174, March 249, April 365, May 347, June 131, July 128, August 147, September 165, October 331, November 290, December 212.
Spain2,694
Greece1,263
Portugal1,242
France1,062
Cataluña/Catalunya963
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur569
Occitanie490
Andalucía456
Turkey433
FARO373

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderbeeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales
Familybeech family · Fagaceae
Genusoaks · Quercus

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