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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 ...
– 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
Rumskulla oak, 2010. 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.
Quercus montana, the chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak group, Quercus sect. Quercus. It is native to the eastern United States , where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi , with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan .
In culture, the oak tree is a symbol of strength and serves as the national tree of many countries. In Indo-European and related religions, the oak is associated with thunder gods. Individual oak trees of cultural significance include the Royal Oak in Britain, the Charter Oak in the United States, and the Guernica Oak in the Basque Country.
The Dewajtis oak (Polish: Dąb Dewajtis) is a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) located in Wola Osowińska, Poland. It is over 500 years old [1] with a circumference of over 6 meters. [2] It is a natural monument [3] and one of the largest oaks in Radzyń Podlaski County in terms of trunk circumference. [4]
While holm oak can be grown in much of maritime northwestern Europe, it is not tolerant of cold continental winters. [20] It is a parent of Quercus × turneri, along with Quercus robur. Holm oak was introduced to California in 1858 and is now a widely planted and locally naturalised species; it is often called "holly oak" there. [21] [22]
Quercus sect. Lobatae was established by John Claudius Loudon in 1830. [3] The section, or part of it, has also been treated under names including Quercus sect. Rubrae Loudon and Quercus sect. Erythrobalanus Spach. It has also been treated as the subgenus Erythrobalanus and as the full genus Erythrobalanus (Spach) O.Schwarz. Its members may be ...