Quercus robur (common oak)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Quercus robur L.
- Preferred Common Name
- common oak
- Other Scientific Names
- Quercus brutia Ten.
- Quercus estremadurensis O. Schwarz
- Quercus pedunculata Ehrh.
- Quercus pedunculiflora K. Koch
- Quercus rosacea
- International Common Names
- EnglishEnglish oakEuropean oakpedunculate oak
- Spanishquejigoroble comunroble fresnal
- Frenchchâgnechêne à grappeschêne blancchêne femellechêne malechêne noirchêne pédonculégravelinrouvre
- Russianchereshchatiïdub letniï
- Local Common Names
- GermanyfrüheicheSommer- EichesommereicheStiel- EicheStieleiche
- Italyfarniaquercia gentilequercia rovere
- Netherlandssteeleikzommereik
- Polanddab szypulkowy
- Swedeneuropeisk ekskogseksommarek
- EPPO code
- QUEPD (Quercus pedunculiflora)
- EPPO code
- QUERO (Quercus robur)
- Subspecies
- Quercus robur subsp. brutia
- Subspecies
- Quercus robur subsp. pedunculiflora
- Trade name
- black oak
Pictures
Mature tree
A single open-grown Q. robur tree, growing in the floodplain of the River Warta near the nature reserve in Krajkowo, Rogalin, Wielkopolska Region, Poland. The tree is waterlogged every spring.
Piotr Robakowski
Oak/hornbean forest
Fragment of Central European oak/hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) forest (Galio silvatica-Carpinetum) in spring. Wielkopolska Region, Poland.
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Oak/hornbean forest in spring
Fragment of natural oak/hornbean (Carpinus betulus) forest (Galio silvatica-Carpinetum) in the 'Grabina' nature reserve. Wielkopolski National Park, Poland.
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Ancient common oaks
A group of ancient Q. robur trees, legally protected as the 'monuments of nature'. Approx. age 500-600 years. Rogalin, Wielkopolska Region, Poland.
Piotr Robakowski
English oaks
A group of Q. robur trees in Rogalin park, Wielkopolska Region, Poland.
Piotr Robakowski
Ancient oak tree
One of the Q. robur 'monuments of nature' in the Bialowieza National Park, Poland.
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Famous ancient oak trees
Famous old Q. robur trees in Rogalin park (Wielkopolska Region, Poland) named after legendary Slavic tribal leaders: Lech, Czech and Rus. Approx. age 500-600 years.
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Capricorn beetle damage
Effect of a rare insect, the great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo), on an old oak tree in the River Warta valley, Rogalin, Poland.
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Dead oak trees
Even dead Q. robur trees are still valuable as an interesting element in the landscape, as well as providing essential habitats for birds and insects. River Warta valley, Rogalin, Poland.
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Quercus robur
Brian Lockhart, USDA Forest Service, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
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