identify English oak Quercus robur

Also called pedunculate oak and 🇫🇷 French oak. One of the ◼︎ white oaks.

Part of oak genus Quercus in beech / oak family Fagaceae in bayberry / beech / birch / oak / walnut order Fagales.

Native to all over 🇪🇺 Europe and into Asia. Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Widely cultivated in temperate regions, it now lives wild in parts of 🇨🇳 China and North America.

With oak's strength and flexibility, Vikings built their ⛵︎ longships primarily (in many cases, entirely) of oak. With this species native to almost everywhere they roamed, this is the species of wood they used.

On a list as having leaves and acorns ☠︎ toxic[?] to humans, although many cultures process acorns to remove their toxicity, making acorns an important staple food.

This plant is also known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula.

Planting info (SW Michigan).

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