Quercus robur
English Oak
Fagaceae

Located in front of St. Mark's Church along N. Eagleville Rd.

  • leaves alternate, with 3-7 rounded lobes at the end of veins
  • leaf sinuses are very shallow (compare to Q. alba)
  • leaves are generally smaller than Q. alba (2"-5" long)
  • leaves often have distinctive ear-like auriculate appendage at base of blade
  • buds rather large, plump-rounded, red-brown
  • stems smooth, red-brown, angled
  • fruit an acorn, on a stem (unlike Q. alba)
  • fruit long (to 1"), covered by cup to about 1/3 of length
  • bark furrowed, gray-black
  • habit a large, rounded tree

    View Quercus robur page in the UConn Plant Database


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