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Quercus robur (common oak)
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Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Quercus robur L.
Preferred Common Name
- common oak
Other Scientific Names
- Quercus brutia Ten.
- Quercus estremadurensis O. Schwarz
- Quercus pedunculata Ehrh.
- Quercus pedunculiflora K. Koch
- Quercus rosacea
International Common Names
- English: English oak; European oak; pedunculate oak
- Spanish: quejigo; roble comun; roble fresnal
- French: châgne; chêne à grappes; chêne blanc; chêne femelle; chêne male; chêne noir; chêne pédonculé; gravelin; rouvre
- Russian: chereshchatiï; dub letniï
Local Common Names
- Germany: früheiche; Sommer- Eiche; sommereiche; Stiel- Eiche; Stieleiche
- Italy: farnia; quercia gentile; quercia rovere
- Netherlands: steeleik; zommereik
- Poland: dab szypulkowy
- Sweden: europeisk ek; skogsek; sommarek
EPPO code
- QUEPD (Quercus pedunculiflora)
- QUERO (Quercus robur)
Subspecies
- Quercus robur subsp. brutia
- Quercus robur subsp. pedunculiflora
Trade name
- black oak
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Dicotyledonae
- Order: Fagales
- Family: Fagaceae
- Genus: Quercus
- Species: Quercus robur
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Acer rufinerve (grey snake-bark maple); Agrilus sulcicollis; Apiognomonia errabunda (anthracnose); Armillaria mellea (armillaria root rot); Botryosphaeria stevensii (Botryosphaeria disease, grapevine); Brenneria goodwinii; Cossus cossus (carpenter moth); Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth); Lymantria monacha (nun moth); Melolontha melolontha (white grub cockchafer); Ophiostoma piceae (vascular mycosis of oak); Phytophthora plurivora; Scolytus intricatus (European oak bark beetle); Thaumetopoea processionea (oak processionary moth); Tortrix viridana (green oak leaf-roller); Xylosandrus germanus (black timber bark beetle)Minor host of:
Apiognomonia veneta (sycamore anthracnose); Aporia crataegi (black-veined white); Armillaria ostoyae (armillaria root rot); Botryosphaeria parva; Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris (yellow disease phytoplasmas); Corythucha arcuata (oak lace bug); Cydia splendana (chestnut tortrix moth); Diplodia seriata (grapevine trunk disease); Erysiphe quercicola; Eulecanium tiliae (nut scale); Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail moth); Euwallacea fornicatus (polyphagous shot-hole borer); Halyomorpha halys (brown marmorated stink bug); Heterobasidion annosum; Hylobius abietis (large pine weevil); Malacosoma neustria (common lackey); Neofusicoccum australe; Neofusicoccum luteum; Operophtera brumata (winter moth); Orgyia antiqua (European tussock moth); Phylacteophaga froggatti (leafblister sawfly); Phytophthora cambivora (root rot of forest trees); Phytophthora cinnamomi (Phytophthora dieback); Phytophthora kernoviae; Polygonum aviculare (prostrate knotweed); Saturnia pavonia (small emperor moth); Tischeria ekebladella; Verticillium dahliae (verticillium wilt)Wild host of:
Fomitopsis pinicola (brown crumbly rot); Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer); Xyleborus dispar (pear blight beetle)Host of (source - data mining):
Alebra albostriella; Aleimma loeflingiana; Alternaria alternata (alternaria leaf spot); Altica quercetorum; Andricus kollari (marble gall wasp); Andricus lignicola; Andricus quercuscalicis (oak knopper gall); Anoplophora chinensis (black and white citrus longhorn); Antheraea pernyi; Antheraea yamamai (silk moth, Japanese); Archips crataeganus; Archips podanus (great brown twist moth); Archips rosana (European leaf roller); Archips xylosteanus (apple, leafroller); Armillaria gallica; Armillaria tabescens (armillaria root rot); Asterodiaspis quercicola (golden oak scale); Biscogniauxia mediterranea (charcoal disease); Cerambyx cerdo (capricorn beetle, great); Ceratocystis fagacearum (oak wilt); Cladosporium macrocarpum; Collybia fusipes; Colpoma quercinum; Curculio elephas (chestnut weevil); Curculio glandium (acorn weevil); Cydia fagiglandana (beech seed moth); Cynips divisa; Diadegma anurum; Diaporthe leipheimia; Diurnea fagella; Ennomos quercinaria; Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber moth); Erysiphe alphitoides (powdery mildew of oak); Gypsonoma dealbana; Haematonectria haematococca (dry rot of potato); Lachnus roboris; Leiopus nebulosus; Melolontha hippocastani (cockchafer); Neuroterus quercusbaccarum; Orientus ishidae (mosaic leafhopper); Periclista lineolata; Pezicula cinnamomea; Phalera bucephala (buff tip moth); Phyllobius calcaratus (glaucous leaf weevil); Phyllobius maculicornis (apple leaf weevil); Phyllobius pyri (common leaf weevil); Phyllonorycter hamadryadella (solitary oak leafminer); Phylloxera quercus; Phytophthora (foot rot); Phytophthora citricola (black hop root rot); Phytophthora gonapodyides; Phytophthora quercina; Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death (SOD)); Pityohyphantes phrygianus; Plagionotus arcuatus; Platypus quercivorus (oak ambrosia beetle); Ptycholoma lecheanum; Saperda scalaris; Saprolegnia; Sclerotinia pseudotuberosa (rot: acorn); Stigmella atricapitella; Strophosomus capitatus; Trogoxylon impressum; Trypodendron domesticum; Tuberculatus annulatus; Xiphydria longicollis; Xylosandrus compactus (shot-hole borer)Uses List
Top of pageAnimal feed, fodder, forage
- Fodder/animal feed
Environmental
- Agroforestry
- Erosion control or dune stabilization
- Revegetation
- Shade and shelter
- Soil improvement
- Windbreak
Fuels
- Charcoal
- Fuelwood
General
- Ornamental
Human food and beverage
- Honey/honey flora
Materials
- Carved material
- Dye/tanning
- Essential oils
- Fibre
- Miscellaneous materials
- Poisonous to mammals
- Wood/timber
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Source of medicine/pharmaceutical
- Traditional/folklore
Wood Products
Top of pageBoats
Charcoal
Containers
- Cases
- Cooperage
- Pallets
- Tanks
- Vats
Furniture
Other cellulose derivatives
Railway sleepers
Roundwood
- Building poles
- Piles
- Pit props
- Posts
- Roundwood structures
- Stakes
Sawn or hewn building timbers
- Beams
- Bridges
- Carpentry/joinery (exterior/interior)
- Engineering structures
- Exterior fittings
- Fences
- Flooring
- For heavy construction
- For light construction
- Gates
- Hydraulic works
- Shingles
- Wall panelling
Textiles
Vehicle bodies
Veneers
Wood extractives (including oil)
Wood flour
Wood gas (and other hydrocarbons
Wood hydrolysates
Wood residues
Wood wool
Wood-based materials
- Composite boards
- Laminated wood
- Particleboard
- Plywood
- Wood cement
Woodware
- Cutlery
- Industrial and domestic woodware
- Musical instruments
- Sports equipment
- Tool handles
- Toys
- Wood carvings
Links to Websites
Top of pageWebsite | URL | Comment |
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Forest Research (UK) Information on Acute Oak Decline | http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/INFD-7UL9NQ | |
Forest Research (UK) Information on oak processionary moth - Thaumetopoea processionea | http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/INFD-6URJCF |