Occurs naturally in warm sunny regions on moist calcareous mountainsides. There it sometimes attains a height of up to 20 m. When cultivated, Q. pubescens is grafted onto Q. robur and remains smaller. The grey trunk has deep cork-like grooves. The buds and young twigs are covered in soft felt-like hairs. The leaves vary in shape: obovate to elliptical. Length 5 - 10 cm, width 3 - 5 cm. The underside of the leaf is also covered in soft hairs. The leaves are irregular, mostly with shallow lobes. The lobes are sometimes rounded off bluntly, sometimes pointed. The leaves somewhat resemble those of Q. robur but remain considerably smaller. The acorns are grouped in twos and fours and are half enclosed by the cupule; the latter is covered with contiguous scales that carry felt-like hairs.
Quercus pubescens môže dorastať do výšky 12 - 16 (20) m v závislosti od podmienok stanovišťa a klímy.
Quercus pubescens rastie priemerne rastúci a môže dorastať do výšky 12 - 16 (20) m v závislosti od podmienok stanovišťa a klímy.
Správny čas na výsadbu stromu je mimo vegetačné obdobie. V strednej Európe môže byť Quercus pubescens so zemným balom vysadený od polovice novembra do konca apríla, avšak závisí to veľmi od klimatických podmienok a druhu stromu.