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Quercus robur, the pedunculate oak or English oak, [3] [4] is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native to most of Europe and western Asia , and is widely cultivated in other temperate regions.
King Offa's Oak is a pollarded pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) which grows on the territory of Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, England. As measured in 1998, the tree was 11.18 metres (36.7 ft) in girth, and the trunk splits 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) above ground, leaving several large offshoots. In 2017, the height was measured as 16.5 metres (54 ft).
The Bowthorpe Oak The trunk. Bowthorpe Oak in Manthorpe near Bourne, Lincolnshire, is a gigantic and ancient pedunculate oak in England.The tree has a circumference of about 44 feet (13 metres) and has a hollow trunk, making it the second-widest individual tree in the UK, only surpassed by the significantly older and much less-intact Marton Oak in Cheshire. [1]
However, there is only limited evidence for this theory as none of the other trees in the surrounding area were pollarded. [citation needed] This enormous tree is commonly thought to be the UK's second-largest oak tree, only truly surpassed by the gigantic Majesty Oak in Fredville Park, in the village of Nonington, near Dover, Kent. [6]
List of widest trees in the UK Tree name Species Girth Location References and notes Meters Feet Marton Oak: Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) 14.02–14.4 46.0–47.2 Marton, Cheshire: The Marton Oak is the current UK champion for girth, [5] although is not very well known and is at the end stage of its life. The tree split into three enormous ...
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 ...
Common Hazel (Corylus avellana; usually a shrub, but occasionally develops tree form [1]) Beeches. European Beech (Fagus sylvatica; native status disputed; did not reach Britain until over 2,000 years after the Channel formed, with Neolithic introduction likely, for its nuts as a food source) [2] Oaks. Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur)
The Darley Oak is a Pedunculate oak tree (Quercus robur) which grows near Darleyford in the parish of Linkinhorne on the edge of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK. This ancient tree is thought to be at least 1,000 years old, and a considerable number of legends take it as their core. Folk tradition attributes healing properties to the tree ...