 |
|||||||
| home | about | native tree guide | organisations | bibliography | magazines | links | images / resources |
- Alder
- Ash
- Aspen
- Bay Willow
- Beech
- Bird Cherry
- Black Poplar
- Box
- Crab Apple
- Crack Willow
- Common Oak
- Downy Birch
- Field Maple
- Goat Willow
- Hazel
- Hawthorn
- Holly
- Hornbeam
- Large Leaved Lime
- Juniper
- Midland Thorn
- Rowan
- Scots Pine
- Silver Birch
- Small Leaved Lime
- Strawberry Tree
- Sessile Oak
- Walnut
- Whitebeam
- White Willow
- Wild Cherry
- Wild Service Tree
- Wych Elm
- Yew
Common Oak (Quercus robur)
Pedunculate Oak, Common Oak, English Oak. Irish Dair (Family - Fagaceae)
Description: Large deciduous tree and probably our commonest tree. Height 30 - 40 m. Age 1000 year or more.
Where found:
Basic fertile soils ph 4.5 - 7.5 including heavy soils. Mature trees tolerate flooding even by sea-water.
Usually found in mixed woodland.
Natural distribution throughout Britain and Ireland and most of Western Europe and Asia Minor.
Phenology:
| Flowers | Leaves | Fruit | Ripen | Fall |
| Mar/April | April | October |
Similar species: As per Q. Petraea
Uses past & present: Pale brown strong wood. More susceptible to epicormic growth. Uses of wood - See Q. Petraea. Wines and spirits matured in English Oak casks.
Propagation and growth: See Quercus Petraea. Approx 110 - 450 seeds per kg.
Pedunculate oak leaf
Note the lack of leaf stalk- a distinguishing feature from the sessile oak
