Quercus petraea subsp.
polycarpa is native to eastern Europe from
Austria to
European Turkey, including
Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia,
Greece,
Hungary,
Romania, former
Yugoslavia and the
Caucasus (including
Armenia,
Azerbaijan and
Georgia) and temperate asia including
Turkey and
Iran. In Georgia, the tree is widely distributed throughout the drier regions of eastern Georgia and generally does not like excessively moist or marshy soils, although it can be found in large groves in moist areas of western Georgia as well. It forms forests together with
chestnut,
hornbeam and
maple. In most areas, it grows at elevations of above sea level, but in some cases it can be found at elevations up to above sea level. ==References==