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Quercus rotundifolia, the holm oak or ballota oak, [4] is an evergreen oak native to the western Mediterranean region, with the majority of the population in the Iberian Peninsula and minor populations in Northwest Africa. The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1785.
Quercus ilex, the holm oak, [2] [3] also (ambiguously, as many oaks are evergreen) evergreen oak, [4] is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the section Ilex of the genus, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] with acorns that mature in a single summer.
Quercus baloot, the holm oak or holly oak is a rare species of oak that was described by Griffith in 1848. It is classified in subgenus Cerris and section Ilex . [ 2 ] It is native to the Himalayas from 1,000–3,000 metres (3,300–9,800 ft).
Holm oak may refer to: Quercus ilex, tree native to South and Southeast Europe and parts of France; Quercus rotundifolia, tree native to the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa; Quercus agrifolia, tree native to the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico
A 200-year-old Quercus ilex (holm oak) tree known as "Old Homer" is located near to the park's pedestrian entrance at Fairy Glen. [3] [1] [6] Famous for growing at a 45-degree angle from the ground, which makes it easy for children to climb, it is said to have been well loved by generations of local people.
Quercus coccifera, the kermes oak or holly oak, [3] is an oak shrub or tree in section Ilex of the genus. [4] It has many synonyms, including Quercus calliprinos. [2] It is native to the Mediterranean region and Northern African Maghreb, south to north from Morocco to France and west to east from Portugal to Cyprus and Turkey, crossing Spain, Italy, Libya, the Balkans, and Greece, including Crete.
Holm & Co, former ship owners, ship brokers and stevedores based in Wellington, New Zealand Holm & Molzen , former German company principally known for ship management between 1890 and 1932 Holm Oak or Quercus ilex , a tree.
Quercus agrifolia, the California live oak, [3] or coast live oak, is an evergreen [4] live oak native to the California Floristic Province.Live oaks are so-called because they keep living leaves on the tree all year, adding young leaves and shedding dead leaves simultaneously rather than dropping dead leaves en masse in the autumn like a true deciduous tree. [5]