Scientific name: Quercus robur L.
Common name: Pedunculate Oak
Description
Habit: A woody, deciduous tree, to 40 m high, with an oval, round and spreading crown.
Leaves: Alternate, oblong, pinnately lobed with 3-5 obtuse lobes on each side; leaf stalk 2-3 mm long.
Flowers: Inconspicuous, actinomorphic; male flowers in pendent catkins, each with 4-12 stamens; female flowers 1-few in stiff stalkless clusters, surrounded by bracts.
Fruits: An acorn, on 2 cm stalk, surrounded by fused scales.
Twigs: Dark grey.
Bark: Grey, with vertical cracks, fissures and ridges.
Habitat: Woods, scrub and hedges. Distribution: Local.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No