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Quercus petraea, commonly known as the sessile oak, [3] Cornish oak, [4] Irish oak or durmast oak, [5] is a species of oak tree native to most of Europe and into Anatolia and Iran. The sessile oak is the national tree of Ireland , [ 6 ] and an unofficial emblem in Wales [ 7 ] and Cornwall .
Liebl. – sessile oak, durmast oak – Europe, Anatolia. Quercus petraea subsp. polycarpa (Schur) Soó - Georgian oak - Austria to Iran and the Caucasus; Quercus petraea subsp. pinnatiloba (K.Koch) Menitsky - Lebanon-Syria, Turkey, South Caucasus; Quercus polymorpha Schltdl. & Cham. – Monterrey oak, Mexican white oak – # Mexico and extreme ...
The common spangle gall on the underside of leaves and the currant gall on the male catkins or occasionally the leaves, develop as chemically induced distortions on pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), or sessile oak (Quercus petraea) trees, caused by the cynipid wasp [1] Neuroterus quercusbaccarum which has both agamic and bisexual generations.
The Queen Elizabeth Oak is a large sessile oak tree (Quercus petraea) in Cowdray Park near the village of Lodsworth in the Western Weald, West Sussex, England. It lies within the South Downs National Park. It has a girth of 12.5–12.8 metres (41–42 ft), [1] and is about 800–1,000 years old. According to this estimate it began to grow in ...
The tree has a girth of 14.02 metres (46.0 ft) measured at 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) off the ground, making it the UK's largest and widest tree since the collapse of the Newland Oak in Gloucestershire, [1] [2] [3] surpassing trees such as the Bowthorpe Oak in Lincolnshire and the three large sweet chestnut trees at Canford School, Dorset. [3]
The Birnam Oak. The Birnam Oak is an example of Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) at Birnam, Perth and Kinross, Scotland (grid reference).Sometimes known as Macbeth's oak, as it is a relic of Birnam Wood, mentioned in William Shakespeare's play, the tree is found in a strip of woodland on the south bank of the River Tay. [1]
Oak, Pedunculate oak: Quercus, Quercus robur [32] Dominican Republic: West Indian mahogany: Swietenia mahagoni [33] Ecuador: Cinchona pubescens: Cinchona pubescens [34] El Salvador: Maquilishuat: Tabebuia rosea [35] [36] England: Oak, Pedunculate oak: Quercus, Quercus robur Estonia: Oak, Pedunculate oak: Quercus, Quercus robur Finland: Silver ...
A list of tree species, grouped generally by biogeographic realm and specifically by bioregions, and shade tolerance. Shade-tolerant species are species that are able to thrive in the shade, and in the presence of natural competition by other plants.