Family: Fagaceae
Quercus robur
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 996 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: English oak, common oak.
Description:
Tree to 30 m high; leaves deciduous, obovate-oblong, obtuse, often cordate at the base, pinnately lobed, glabrous except occasionally for a few hairs below at first, 5-12 cm long.
Male catkins 2-4 cm long.
Fruiting peduncles 2-8 cm long; acorns ellipsoid or oblong, brown, 1.5-4 cm long; cup clothed with small imbricate scales, covering up to half of the nut.
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Image source: fig. 59b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig. 59c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig. 59a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Hora (1981) The Oxford encyclopedia of trees, pp. 10, 127.
Distribution:
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Native to Europe, commonly grown as an ornamental. Probably not truly naturalised.
S.Aust.: NL, SL. Vic.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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