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Quercus suber, commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris.It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the cores of cricket balls.
Quercus variabilis, the Chinese cork oak, is a species of oak in the section Quercus sect. Cerris, native to a wide area of eastern Asia in southern, central, and eastern China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.
Quercus hartwissiana Steven – Strandzha oak – southeastern Bulgaria, northern Turkey, western Georgia, southwestern Russia; Quercus havardii Rydb. – Havard oak, shinnery oak, shin oak – south central North America †Quercus hiholensis — Miocene — # Washington State [4] Quercus hinckleyi C.H.Mull. – Hinckley oak – # Texas ...
Harvesting of cork from the forests of Algeria, 1930. Cork is a natural material used by humans for over 5,000 years. It is a material whose applications have been known since antiquity, especially in floating devices and as stopper for beverages, mainly wine, whose market, from the early twentieth century, had a massive expansion, particularly due to the development of several cork-based ...
Common name Scientific name Picture Source ... Golden oak: Quercus alnifolia [29] [30] ... Cork oak: Quercus suber [59]
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In the 1700s, a young botanist scandalized some by discussing “birds and bees” of pollination, and awarding Latin names to plants and animals. Is that a ‘Quercus macrocarpa’ in the yard ...
Pages in category "Quercus taxa by common names" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total. ... Cork oak; Cuban oak; D. Darlington oak; Davis ...