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The Hungarian oak (Quercus frainetto or Quercus conferta) is a tree of the Fagaceae family whose natural range extends from central Italy to northwestern Turkey: Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary , Italy, Romania and Turkey.   Use of Hungarian oak The wood of the Hungarian oak is used in the […]

The velani oak (Quercus ithaburensis or Quercus aegilops) is a tree of the Fagaceae family. It owes its name to the cups of its acorns, the velaneds, used in tannery and dyeing.   A tree with subpersistent foliage*, the velani oak measures 5 to 25 meters in height with a wingspan of up to 24 […]

Banister oak (Quercus ilicifolia), also called the Bear Oak or Hollyleaf, is a tree from the Fagaceae family. It owes its name to the missionary John Banister (1650-1692) who discovered it in Virginia and included it in his Catalog of Plants Obesreved in Virginia, published in John Ray’s History of Plants (1686). Banister then designated […]

American white oak (Quercus alba) belongs to the Fagaceae family. Deciduous tree, American white oak high is between 25 and 45 meters and its lifespan is up to 600 years. American white oak has a very large crown with a rounded shape and massive scaffold branches. Leaves are 8 to 23cm long by 4 to […]

Spanish oak (Quercus hispanica), also known as Lucombe oak, belongs to the Fagaceae family. It received this name in 1783 because Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck thought this oak was coming from Gibraltar. Subpersistent tree, Spanish oak high is between 15 and 35 meters. Its bark is partially corky and its crown is generally semi-open. Leaves are […]

Red oak (Quercus rubra) belongs to the Fagaceae family. Its name comes from the flamboyant colour of its leaves in autumn. Deciduous tree, Red oak high is between 25 and 35 meters and its lifespan is between 150 and 200 years with a very rapid juvenile growth. Its trunk is slightly flexuous and often forked. […]

Pin oak (Quercus palustris) belongs to the Fagaceae family. Its Latin name comes from the environment in which it has been described and named for the first time by the botanist Otto von Munchhausen in 1770. Deciduous tree, Pin oak high is between 25 and 30 meters and its lifespan is between 150 and 200 […]

Kermes oak (Quercus coccifera), also known as Garrigues (scrublands) oak, belongs to the Fagaceae family. Its Latin name comes from the cochineal Kermes vermilio which parasitizes the oak. This cochineal was before used to make a scarlet red dye.   Persistent foliage tree, Kermes oak usually takes the form of a buissonnant and suckering shrub […]

Holm oak (Quercus ilex, “holly oak”), also know as Evergreen oak, belongs to the Fagaceae family. Its Latin name comes from the similarity of its leaves with the holly leaves.   Evergreen tree, Holm oak high is between 5 and 20 meters and its lifespan is between 200 and 500 years. Its trunk is short […]

Turkey oak belongs to the Fagaceae family.   Deciduous tree (leaves fall belatedly nonetheless in late autumn), Turkey oak high is between 25 and 30 meters and its lifespan is between 150 and 200 years. Its trunk is slender and has a thick bark. Young branches are pubescent. Lobes end in a small point and […]