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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. List of Quercus species - Wikipedia

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    – California scrub oak – # California; Quercus bicolor Willd. – swamp white oak – eastern and midwestern North America; Quercus × bimundorum E.J.Palmer — two worlds oak; Quercus boyntonii Beadle – Boynton's post oak – south central North America; Quercus canariensis Willd. – Mirbeck's oak or Algerian oak – # North Africa & Spain

  4. Andricus quercuscalicis - Wikipedia

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    Galls (upper left and right) formed on acorns on the branch of a pedunculate (or English) oak tree by the parthenogenetic generation Andricus quercuscalicis.. The large 2 cm gall growth appears as a mass of green to yellowish-green, ridged, and at first sticky plant tissue on the bud of the oak, that breaks out as the gall between the cup and the acorn.

  5. Oak - Wikipedia

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    The wood of a red oak Quercus cerris (the Turkey oak) has better mechanical properties than those of the white oaks Q. petraea and Q. robur; the heartwood and sapwood have similar mechanical properties. [71] Of the North American red oaks, the northern red oak, Quercus rubra, is highly prized for lumber.

  6. Acorn - Wikipedia

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    Sprouting acorn of Quercus robur Acorns play an important role in forest ecology when oaks are plentiful or dominant in the landscape. [ 6 ] The volume of the acorn crop may vary widely, creating great abundance or great stress on the many animals dependent on acorns and the predators of those animals. [ 7 ]

  7. Acorns aren't just for squirrels, but read this before ... - AOL

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    The nuts stem from oak trees, and can actually elicit a mild, nutty flavor. "Acorns can certainly be safe to consume, when prepared properly, and have some health benefits ," registered dietitian ...

  8. Neuroterus quercusbaccarum - Wikipedia

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    The common spangle gall on the underside of leaves and the currant gall on the male catkins or occasionally the leaves, develop as chemically induced distortions on pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), or sessile oak (Quercus petraea) trees, caused by the cynipid wasp [1] Neuroterus quercusbaccarum which has both agamic and bisexual generations.

  9. Major Oak - Wikipedia

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    Also in 2002, a person illegally attempted to sell acorns claimed to be from the Major Oak on an internet-based auction website. [10] The Major Oak in December 2006 Book illustration of the Major Oak in 1879. In 2003, in Dorset a plantation was started of 260 saplings grown from acorns of the Major Oak. [5]