Imeretian oak, being a subspecies of English oak, has pedunculate acorns and often grows 2 acorns per stalk. It grows well in clayey soils, and does not grow well on bad non-developed, macadam and detritus lands.[2] Its leaves have no stalks, and its auricle is round, low and well developed. It has one dominant lobe on the top of the leaf. The color is often of a darker shade of green. It is often used as a decorative plant.
Habitat
Its range includes the Colchic lowlands and some parts along the black sea in Russia. In Georgia, the regions of Abkhazia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Racha Lechkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti, Imereti, Guria and Achara.[2] It is more common in the eastern part of western Georgia, being the only place where it forms forests.[2] More rarely it can be found in the northwest of the Colchic lowlands. It is spread in the alluvial plains[3][6] of the river Rioni and its tributaries, less commonly around the river Khobi.
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