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English Oak Fact Sheet

Family: Fagaceae - Beech family
Latin name: Quercus robur
Common name: English oak


The pictures above show the summer habit of English oak (Quercus robur). The tree on the left is about 80 years old. The one on the right is about 50 years old. The tree on the right, with its wide spreading branches, is more typical of the Quercus robur habit.

Morton Arboretum accession information:
tree on left: 668-27*1 plt     FF-71/57-19
tree on right: 701-57*1 gr    D-105/75-00



The leaves of the Quercus robur are lobed and have a very short stalk. The picture on the right is the same tree, taken at the same time, the difference in lighting makes the color different.
Photographs were taken in July 2004.

The acorns of the English oak. This picture was taken in July and the acorn is nearly all "cap". As it matures the acorn will lengthen and the cap will cover less than 1/3 of the nut.

                   
Kingdom  Plantae -- Plants
  Subkingdom  Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants
  Superdivision  Spermatophyta -- Seed plants
  Division  Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants
  Class  Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons
  Subclass  Hamamelidae
  Order  Fagales
  Family  Fagaceae -- Beech family
  Genus  Quercus L. -- oak
  Species  Quercus robur L. -- English oak

Source for classification listing: USDA, NRCS. 2004. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. 



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