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  2. Quercus robur - Wikipedia

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    Quercus robur (from the Latin quercus, "oak" + robur derived from a word meaning robust, strong) was named by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum (1753). [11] [12] It is the type species of the genus and classified in the white oak section (Quercus section Quercus). [13] It has numerous common names, including "common oak", "European oak" and ...

  3. Oak - Wikipedia

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    Molecular techniques for phylogenetic analysis show that the genus Quercus consisted of Old World and New World clades. [20] [21] [22] The entire genome of Quercus robur (the pedunculate oak) has been sequenced, [23] revealing an array of mutations that may underlie the evolution of longevity and disease resistance in oaks. [24]

  4. List of Quercus species - Wikipedia

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    The genus Quercus contains about 500 known species, plus about 180 hybrids between them. [1] The genus, as is the case with many large genera, is divided into subgenera and sections. Traditionally, the genus Quercus was divided into the two subgenera Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks, and Quercus, which included

  5. Major Oak - Wikipedia

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    The Major Oak is a large English oak (Quercus robur) near the village of Edwinstowe in the midst of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England.According to local folklore, it was Robin Hood's shelter where he and his merry men slept.

  6. List of national trees - Wikipedia

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    Quercus, Quercus robur [58] Portugal: Cork oak: Quercus suber [59] Qatar: Christ's thorn jujube: Ziziphus spina-christi [60] Romania: Oak, Pedunculate oak: Quercus, Quercus robur [61] Russia: Siberian larch: Larix sibirica [62] [63] Saudi Arabia: Phoenix palm: Phoenix dactylifera Scotland: Scots pine: Pinus sylvestris [64] Senegal: Baobab ...

  7. Rumskulla oak - Wikipedia

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    The Rumskulla oak, also known as the Kvill oak, is an oak tree (Quercus robur) [1] [2] near Norra Kvill National Park in Rumskulla socken, Vimmerby, Kalmar County, Småland, Sweden. It is the oldest oak in Sweden and one of the largest trees in Scandinavia, and was first described in 1772.

  8. List of individual trees - Wikipedia

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    Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) Belgrade, Serbia ~200 Around two centuries old, the last remaining of the forest that covered the area. Oak at the Gate of the Dead: Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) Near Wrexham, Wales Circa 1,000 Sited on the burial ground of the 1165 Battle of Crogen: Midland Oak: Oak Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England

  9. Quercus subg. Quercus - Wikipedia

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    Quercus sect. Quercus has been known, either in whole or part, by a variety of names in the past, including Quercus sect. Albae, Quercus sect. Macrocarpae and Quercus sect. Mesobalanus. Members of the section may be called white oaks. The section includes all white oaks from North America (treated by Trelease as subgenus Leucobalanus). [2]