COMMON OAK – Quercus robur: [ 41 ]
Most full-grown oaks reach a height of 30m. The bark is smooth and silvery in young trees and becomes more deeply fissured with age. The leaves are smooth and around 10cm long with 4 to 5 lobes on each side. Oaks form catkins in the spring and the acorn fruits develop from green to brown before loosening from the cup and falling to the ground in autumn. The timber of the English oak is very strong and used to build boats, architectural beams and barrels. Oaks provide habitat for hundreds of insects and the acorns are eaten by mammals like badgers, deer and squirrels. Woodpeckers and bats can also live in the trees.
Most full-grown oaks reach a height of 30m. The bark is smooth and silvery in young trees and becomes more deeply fissured with age. The leaves are smooth and around 10cm long with 4 to 5 lobes on each side. Oaks form catkins in the spring and the acorn fruits develop from green to brown before loosening from the cup and falling to the ground in autumn. The timber of the English oak is very strong and used to build boats, architectural beams and barrels. Oaks provide habitat for hundreds of insects and the acorns are eaten by mammals like badgers, deer and squirrels. Woodpeckers and bats can also live in the trees.
