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Pedonculate oak (Quercus robur, also known as Quercus pedunculata) belongs to the Fagaceae family.   Deciduous tree, pedonculate oak can be up to 50 meters. Its canopy is often more irregular than the sessile oak canopy and its foliage in clusters lets the light filter through more easily. The petiole of the leaves is very […]

Sessile oak (Quercus petraea, formerly called Quercus sessiliflora) belongs to the Fagaceae family.   Its natural area of geographic dispersion corresponds to the continent of Europe, from Spain to western Russia (Crimea and North-West Caucasus).   Deciduous tree, sessile oak can be up to 50 meters. Sessile oak acorns are mostly in pairs or clusters […]

“Quercus” series invites you to discover the many species of oaks that form part of the genus Quercus.   The number of oak species listed in the world oscillates between 400 and 600. Eike Jablonski, former president of the International Oak Society, considers there are around 500 species, distributed almost everywhere in the world, excepted […]