All About Oak

About Oak

The oak is the most across the board tree in France and speaks to 40% of the types of our backwoods. We welcome you to find this lovely tree, image of solidarity and life span.

Introduction of oak

Oak is the vernacular name of many tree and bush species having a place with the family Quercus and other related genera. It is a tree of indistinguishable family from the chestnut and the beech: the Fabaceae family.

The variety Quercus is found all through the northern side of the equator and incorporates both deciduous and evergreen species.

A few animal categories, for example, sessile oak, achieve a few several meters high, while others remain bushes, (for example, kermes oak).

Numerous species have leaves with a lobed edge, however some have entire leaves with a smooth or dentate edge.

The blooms are little cats that show up in the spring. The organic product is an achene, called "organ", fixed in a structure called cupule. When he is ready, in September, he tumbles off himself and leaves his cupule.

The distinctive types of oak

There are in excess of 550 types of oaks, some of which give trees and other bushes, deciduous or evergreen in winter. Such assorted variety of species clarifies why oak is the most widely recognized tree on the planet. It is found in Europe just as in Asia and America.

In France, oaks spread 40% of our backwoods.

The fundamental species in France are:

• oak or sessile oak (Quercus petraea)

• Pedunculate oak (Quercus pedunculata or Quercus robber)

• the pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens)

• white oak or tauzine (Quercus pyrenaica)

• the oak (Quercus cerris)

• The plug oak (Quercus sober) normal of the Mediterranean zone

• Green oak (Quercus ilex) likewise in the Mediterranean zone.

Remember: there are two fundamental classifications of oaks: those with deciduous foliage (oak, pubescent oak, Tauzin oak and oak) and those whose leaves are evergreen (green oak, kermes oak and plug oak).

The first, generally bigger, have leaves partitioned into projections or crenelated; the last have entire or spiked toothed leaves.

Employments of oak

Oaks are hardwood trees: their wood, which is generally utilized in bureau making and carpentry, is the hardest and most tough of European woods.

It is an amazing wood for the edge, railroad sleepers and kindling. It is likewise generally utilized in cooperage for the conservation of fine wines, because of the nearness of tannin.

Fleece oak (Quercus pubescents) is the best truffle oak: the truffle develops close to its foundations.

The bark of the plug oak (Quercus sober) gives the stopper which is generally used to make plugs. Furthermore, the pummelled oak bark gives tan, utilized for the readiness of cowhides.

Oak seeds are eatable by people, as flour or flame broiled as a substitute for espresso beans. They are additionally eaten by wild or residential creatures: squirrels, deer and wild hogs are exceptionally attached to them.