Our blog 'Oak'

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 […]

Organized since 2011 by the magazine Terre Sauvage and the Office national des Forêts, the contest of the Tree of the year rewards each year French trees for their aesthetic, biologic and historic qualities but also for the link between the group of people or the person who proposed that tree to the tree itself. […]

Beauty of winter sceneries in the Bertranges forest, magnified by the photograph Christophe Deschanel.

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 […]