Quercus x crenataHybrid Cork Oak
(Quercus x psudosuber; Q. x hispanica)
Mount Stewart, Co Down

Family: Fagaceae

Origin: Southern France to Portugal; Balkans.

This oak is a hybrid between Quercus suber (the cork oak) and Q. cerris (the Turkey oak).

The upper photograph shows a mature tree in Mount Stewart Gardens, Co Down.
Belvoir Park nr Belfast

Bottom photograph shows foliage of a mature tree in Belvoir Park, near Belfast, Co Down.
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