Quercus robur
English Oak
 
Northern Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa

A large, open, wide-spreading tree, with heavy limbs and a short, massive trunk.
75-100 feet tall with a similar spread
Plants are monoecious. Male flowers are borne in clustered, pendent catkins the females are borne solitary, or in a few flowered spike in the axils of the new leaves.
 
Leaves are alternate, simple, 2-5 inches long, with 3-7 pairs of rounded lobes, not as deep as Q. alba, with 2 small “dogear” lobes at the base, with a very short petiole.
Fall color is green to brownish.
 
 
Fruit is an acorn, 1-2 inches long, oblong to oval, enclosed about ⅓ by bowl-like, thick, woody, knobby cap, borne on a long, slender stalk.
 
 

  • 'Fastigiata' - Pyramidal English Oak, - upright and columnar similar to Lombardy Poplar.
  • 'Asplenifolia' - Fern-leaved Oak - deeply lobed leaves
  • 'Atropurpurea' - dark purple leaves - very rare in America
  • 'Concordia' - Golden English Oak - may scorch in hot sun - leaves bright yellow
  • 'Pendula' - pendulous branches - rare in the United States
 
 

 

 
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