Quercus cerris

Turkey Oak at Symonston, ACT

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Identification history

	Quercus cerris	30 Mar 2016	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	26 Mar 2016	Mike

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Three species of oak together so probably planted.

2 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

31 Mar 2016

Mike, over a dozen species of oaks have commonly been used in street and park plantings in Canberra, the frilly skirt around the acorn of the Turkey Oak is quite distinctive. I find the occasional oak in bush particularly behind schools, the battlegrounds of acorn fights, but without squirrels or jays they aren't going to spread far.

Mike wrote:

1 Apr 2016

Thanks Michael. I have used street trees to help with identification but found it hard to get a list of Canberra street trees. I have seen some wild oaks but small enough to remove. The street tree that is invading the local reserves is Celtis australis. I wonder when TAMS will start removing them.

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