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Spanish oak may refer to trees or wood of any oak in or from Spain. It is a common name for several trees including: European trees. Quercus pyrenaica;
Quercus falcata, also called southern red oak, spanish oak, [4] bottomland red oak or three-lobed red oak is an oak (part of the genus Quercus).Native to the southeastern United States, it gets its name the "Spanish Oak" as these are the areas of early Spanish colonies, whilst "southern red oak" comes from both its range and leaf color during late summer and fall. [5]
Quercus pyrenaica, also known as Pyrenean oak, [3] or Spanish oak [4] is a tree native to southwestern Europe and northwestern North Africa. Despite its common name, it is rarely found in the Pyrenees Mountains and is more abundant in northern Portugal and north and northwestern Spain.
Bursera graveolens, known in Spanish as palo santo ('sacred wood'), is a wild tree native to the Yucatán Peninsula and also found in Peru and Venezuela. [2]Bursera graveolens is found in the seasonally dry tropical forests of Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, [3] and on the Galápagos Islands. [4]
Quercus palustris, also called pin oak, [4] swamp oak, or Spanish oak, [5] is a tree in the red oak section (Quercus sect. Lobatae) of the genus Quercus. Pin oak is one of the most commonly used landscaping oaks in its native range due to its ease of transplant, relatively fast growth, and pollution tolerance.
According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, this excludes the Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, and the Spanish North African Territories, but includes Andorra and Gibraltar
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Dehesa in Extremadura, Spain. The dehesa is derived from the Mediterranean forest ecosystem, consisting of grassland featuring herbaceous species, used for grazing cattle, goats, and sheep, and tree species belonging to the genus Quercus (), such as the holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia), although other tree species such as beech and pine trees may also be present.