Other names: American red oak
Q. rubra is a large, broad, deciduous tree with deep green leaves in summer and red autumn colour. It has red-brown fruits called acorns.
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20m max. spread |
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25m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Other names: Iron oak, Bitter oak, Manna oak, Mossy-cupped oak, Wainscot oak
Q. cerris is a variable, fast-growing, spreading, deciduous tree with plated, dark grey bark and oblong to lance-shaped, deeply lobed or toothed, dark green leaves, pale green beneath, turning yellow-brown in autumn. Clusters or catkins of inconspicuous, yellow-green flowers in spring are followed by acorns with bristly cups.
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Other names: Durmast oak, Quercus sessiliflora, Cornish oak
Q. petraea is a large, broad, rounded to spreading, deciduous tree with ridged, grey bark and yellow-stalked, leathery, ovate or oblong, lobed, dark green leaves turning orange-brown in autumn. Insignificant dull yellow flowers in spring are followed by stalkless, oblong to ovoid, brown acorns, borne singly or in clusters in autumn.
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20m max. spread |
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30m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Quercus cerris 'Argenteovariegata' (Turkey oak 'Argenteovariegata' )
Other names: Variegated turky oak, Quercus cerris 'Variegata', Iron oak 'Argenteovariegata' , Bitter oak 'Argenteovariegata' , Mossy-cupped 'Argenteovariegata' , Wainscot oak 'Argenteovariegata' , Manna oak 'Argenteovariegata'
'Argenteovariegata' is a variable, fast-growing, spreading, deciduous tree with plated, dark grey bark and oblong to lance-shaped, deeply lobed or toothed, dark green leaves with pale yellow margins, pale green beneath, turning yellow-brown in autumn. Clusters or catkins of inconspicuous, yellow-green flowers in spring are followed by acorns with bristly cups.
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25m max. spread |
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30m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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