Tree Identification
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Quercus robur - English Oak
Broad, irregular canopy with heavy, upward reaching limbs and small twiggy branchlets.
Lobed, oval leaves with a short petiole, if any.
Male flowers.
Dark brown oval acorns with flattened rounded ends and a blunt nib mature in fall. Warty cup scales cover up to one half of the nut.
Dark brown furrowed bark with flat peeling ridge plates.
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