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Oaks are affected by a large number of pests and diseases. For instance, Q. robur and Q. petraea in Britain host 423 insect species. [ 54 ] This diversity includes 106 macro-moths , 83 micro-moths , 67 beetles , 53 cynipoidean wasps, 38 heteropteran bugs, 21 auchenorrhynchan bugs, 17 sawflies , and 15 aphids . [ 54 ]
Quercus cerris, the Turkey oak or Austrian oak, [3] [4] is an oak native to south-eastern Europe and Asia Minor.It is the type species of Quercus sect. Cerris, a section of the genus characterised by shoot buds surrounded by soft bristles, bristle-tipped leaf lobes, and acorns that usually mature in 18 months.
The ring-cupped oaks (synonym genus Cyclobalanopsis), native to eastern and southeastern tropical Asia. They have corns with distinctive cups bearing concrescent rings of scales. [ 2 ] They commonly also have densely clustered acorns, though this does not apply to all of the species.
Crown Oaks, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia; Oaks (English greyhound race), a competition held at Perry Barr Stadium; Oaks (Irish greyhound race), a competition held at Shelbourne Park; The Oaks, nickname of the Romania national rugby union team; The Oaks, nickname of the sports teams at the former Dondero High School in Royal ...
Quercus coccifera, the kermes oak or holly oak, [3] is an oak shrub or tree in section Ilex of the genus. [4] It has many synonyms, including Quercus calliprinos. [2] It is native to the Mediterranean region and Northern African Maghreb, south to north from Morocco to France and west to east from Portugal to Cyprus and Turkey, crossing Spain, Italy, Libya, the Balkans, and Greece, including Crete.
The Six Oaks of Likoshan are a grove of Quercus pubescens (pubescent oak) trees in the village of Likoshan in the Drenas municipality, in the Drenica region of Kosovo. The very old trees are among Kosovo's few natural monuments. The locals call it Te Lisat Gjashtënjakë ("the Six Crowded Oaks") since
Quercus ilex, the holm oak, [2] [3] also (ambiguously, as many oaks are evergreen) evergreen oak, [4] is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the section Ilex of the genus, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] with acorns that mature in a single summer.
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