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The Cork Oak (Quercus suber) is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa. Picture of a cork oak, derived from Image:Quercus_suberWH.jpg File links The following pages link to this file: Cork Oak Categories: GFDL images ...
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Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ...
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Families included in the Kew list: Fagaceae - Beech family (including Nothofagaceae) Betulaceae - Birch family Corylaceae - Hazel family Ticodendraceae not included in the Kew list: Casuarinaceae - She-oak family Juglandaceae - Walnut family Rhoipteleaceae Myricaceae The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best known trees. ...
Genera Castanea - Chestnuts Castanopsis Chrysolepis - Golden chinkapin Colombobalanus Cyclobalanopsis Fagus - Beeches Formanodendron Lithocarpus - Stone oaks Quercus - Oaks Trigonobalanus The family Fagaceae, or beech family, is characterized by alternate leaves with pinnate venation, flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of nuts, one to seven in a...
Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus (from Latin oak tree), and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ...
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Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus (from Latin oak tree), and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ...
// Genus Quercus Section Quercus The white oaks (synonym sect. ...
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It grows to up to 20 m, although it is typically more stunted in its native environment. The leaves are 4-7 cm long, weakly lobed or coarsely toothed, dark green above, paler beneath, with the leaf margins often downcurved. The acorns are 2-3 cm long, in a deep cup fringed with elongated scales. This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...
The tree forms a thick, rugged and corky bark. Over time this bark can develop considerable thickness and this is harvested every 10-12 years as cork. The harvesting of cork does not harm the tree and a new layer of cork regrows, making it a renewable resource. The tree is widely cultivated in Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco, France, Italy and Tunisia. Cork Oak forests cover approximately 2.5 million hectares in those countries. Portugal accounts for 50% of the world cork harvest. Cork Oaks cannot legally be cut down in Portugal, except for forest management felling of old, unproductive trees. A cork stopper for a wine bottle Champagne corks Varnished cork tiles can be used for flooring, as a substitute for linoleum or tiles. ...
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Cork Oaks live about 150-250 years. Virgin cork (or 'male' cork) is the first cork cut from generally 25-year-old trees. Another 10-12 years is required for the second harvest, and a tree can be harvested a dozen times in its lifetime. Cork harvesting is done entirely without machinery.
The European cork industry produces 340,000 tonnes of cork a year, with a value of €1.5 billion and employing 30,000 people. Wine corks represent 15% of cork usage by weight but 66% of revenues. A tonne or metric ton (symbol t), sometimes referred to as a metric tonne, is a measurement of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. ...
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Cork Oaks are sometimes planted as individual trees, providing a minor income to their owners. The tree is also sometimes cultivated for ornament. Hybrids with Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris) are regular, both in the wild in southwest Europe and in cultivation; the hybrid is known as Lucombe Oak Quercus × hispanica. // This article is about a biological term. ...
Binomial name Quercus cerris L. The Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris) is an oak native to southern Europe and Asia Minor. ...
Some cork is also produced in eastern Asia from the related Chinese Cork Oak (Quercus variabilis). For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ...
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Cork Oak, showing the dark reddish bark shortly after harvesting (Algarve, Portugal) Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1158 KB) Summary Description: Photo of Quercus suber from Algarve, Portugal (scale: Margret Grobe) Source: made by author Date: October 2005 Author: Hannes Grobe Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Cork Oak Metadata This file contains...
| Close-up of the characteristically corky bark Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2012x3038, 748 KB) Summary DESCRIPTION: This is the trunk of a Cork Oak with its characteristicly corky bark. ...
| Close-up at the margin of the harvest (Massif des Maures, France). Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 2. ...
| Cork oaks populate the Massif des Maures countryside. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 2. ...
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External links - APCOR – Associação Portuguesa de Cortiça (Portuguese Cork Association)
- Photograph of cork oaks in Portugal
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