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A specimen of
Quercus castaneifolia found in the Hyrcanian forest of northern Iran on 29. April 2021 by Alireza Naqinezhad is considered to be the tallest oak in the world. It has a height of 60.4m, a diameter of 4.9m, and a circumference of 22m. The finding was published in a tweet by Pieter De
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growing up to 35 metres (115 feet) tall, with a trunk up to 2.5 m (8 ft) in diameter (exceptionally up to 50 m tall with a trunk up to 3.5 m across). The
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are 10–20 centimetres (4–8 inches) long and 3–5 cm wide, with 10–15 small, regular triangular lobes on each side. The
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