Hungarian oak | Quercus frainetto
Unfortunately, the Hungarian oak planted here, in honour of Purmerend's 50,000th resident, did not survive a major renovation of the square. But this younger specimen is just as beautiful.
This tree comes from the Balkans, you find it particularly in Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. The strange thing is that the tree is hardly found in Hungary. It belongs to the nap family, just like beech and birch.
This oak likes heavy, nutritious, slightly acidic soils that are wet in spring and bone-dry in summer. It does not like high water tables and dislikes lime. The lime is the reason why the tree is not actually found in Hungary.
This deciduous tree can grow up to 30 metres or taller. It usually has a nice continuous trunk. Remarkably, the leaves are at the ends of the branches. This gives the tree an open crown.
The leaves are gro...
This tree comes from the Balkans, you find it particularly in Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. The strange thing is that the tree is hardly found in Hungary. It belongs to the nap family, just like beech and birch.
This oak likes heavy, nutritious, slightly acidic soils that are wet in spring and bone-dry in summer. It does not like high water tables and dislikes lime. The lime is the reason why the tree is not actually found in Hungary.
This deciduous tree can grow up to 30 metres or taller. It usually has a nice continuous trunk. Remarkably, the leaves are at the ends of the branches. This gives the tree an open crown.
The leaves are large and glossy green, turning from yellow to brown in autumn. They sometimes remain on the tree until spring. The acorns are one-third to one-half enclosed by the nap.