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.
