Quercus robur L. - Accepted: Quercus robur L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)
Quercus robur L. - Accepted: Quercus robur L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Fagaceae (Zander 2008)
Quercus robur L. - Accepted: Quercus robur L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)
Quercus robur L. - Accepted: Quercus robur L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)
Quercus robur L. - Accepted: Quercus robur L. bei Schmeil-Fitschen 2019; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)
Quercus robur L. - Accepted: Quercus robur L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)

Difference to related species

tolerates higher ranges of extreme differences in temperature and humidity than sessile oak (Quercus petraea)

Flowers

monoecious; flowers in hanging catkins

Flower ecology

wind-pollinated (anemophilous)

Life form

woody, tree

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruit ecology

gravity-dispersed (barochorous) and animal-dispersed (zoochorous) (esp. Eurasian jays)

Soil conditions

mesic, alkaline-poor and rich, also calcareous, humus-rich loam and clay soils

Root type

deep-rooted

Natural occurrence (habitat)

woods, oak woods, high forests, coppice woodland, riparian mixed forests

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

temperate mesophytic broad-leaved deciduous and mixed forests; mainly Alno-Ulmion (Querco-Ulmetum) or ground-moist Carpinion associations; character species of the Querco-Fagetea

Usage

in forestry for wood production; timber used in construction, for building ships, furniture production and as veneer and plywood

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