Quercus suber
Cork Oak
Quercus suber
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the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.
Plant Type:Evergreen tree
Maximum Height:15-20m
Soil Type:Light, well drained soils
Position:Full sun
Climatic Zone:Southern Australia, prefers cool areas
Propagation:Seed sown when ripe, late summer
Flowers:Often gnarled trunk, silvery underside to leaves
Medicinal Properties:Bark used for cork

    "Except for the English oak, which is a little subject to scale and red spider, the oaks are the most desirable of trees; there deep root systems make growing conditions beneath them so much easier than with many other trees, and they ask so little in the matter of soil conditions. Let us, therefore, plant more oaks - lots more oaks!"

    "Letters to Garden Lovers", Australian Home Beautiful, July 1938.

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