QUERCUS SUBER

ALBA RODRÍGUEZ

Family: Fagaceae Origin: It is native to southwest

Europe and northwest Africa

The bark is rugged and corky.

Over time this bark can develop considerable thickness and this can be harvested every 10 to 12 years as cork.

Cork Oaks live about 150 to 250 years.

Bark

The leaves are evergreen.

The leaves are 4 to 7 cm long, weakly lobed or coarsely toothed, dark green above, paler beneath, with the leaf margins often downcurved.

Leaves

Fruit

The fruits are acorns, they measure from 2 to 3 cm long.

Cork

Text information from wikipedia and books.

Pictures from google images.

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