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Quercus cerris L.

Turkey Oak

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Zerreiche
English Turkey Oak
Français Chêne chevelu
Italiano Quercia cerro
Suomi Zerreiche
Norsk Zerreiche
Čeština Zerreiche
Español Zerreiche
Svenska Zerreiche
Polski Zerreiche
Український Zerreiche
Român Zerreiche
Русский Zerreiche
Български Zerreiche
EESTI Zerreiche
日本語 Zerreiche
Other names

Further information

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Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Europe
States and Territories Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Switzerland; France; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece; Italy; Crete; Romania; Sicily; European Turkey; Yugoslavia; East Aegean Is.; Lebanon-Syria; Turkey; New Zealand South; New York
Swiss wood Rare in Switzerland

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fagales
Family Fagaceae
Genus Quercus
Species cerris
Author citation L.
Scientific name Quercus cerris L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 3
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) n/a
Termites M
Remarks Splintholz Lyctus n/a, nicht beständig gegen Trichoferus holosericeus

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 4
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood b

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 710.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 770.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 860.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Bark

Turkey Oak

QCCR , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Turkey Oak

QCCR , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Turkey Oak

QCCR , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fall Leaves

Turkey Oak

QCCR , Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson