[5] Of the local oak species, it prefers to grow at the highest altitudes, for instance at c. 1800 m on Mount Hermon.

[6] Quercus look is a small-medium deciduous oak, ranging in height from 10–15 m.[7] The leaves are long and shiny, with toothed edges.

Cerris species Tabor oak (Quercus ithaburensis) and Lebanon oak (Quercus libani) as well as the Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani), the Aleppo oak (Quercus infectoria), the Balkan maple (Acer hyrcanum subsp.

[5] The species was originally described by Theodor Kotschy in 1860, who gave it the botanical name look, based on the name the locals from Rashaya used for the tree.

It was not until 2017 that the tree was identified as distinct from either of these species, a status that was genetically confirmed in 2018.