Talk:Quercus robur

Cultivar Photos
Does anyone have photos of the cultivars not shown ('Filicifolia' & 'Purpurea' )?

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.179.102.158 (talk) 18:54, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

The common name of the Commmon oak
It is usually called the common oak in Britain. I've just put this name back in for the third time. Imc 21:16, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, not true. The usual common name here is English Oak, with Pedunculate Oak mainly used in botanical texts. The name "Common Oak" is, at best, very rarely used. - MPF 01:02, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Is there any evidence it is called teh "German Oak" in English. I can't find it Billlion (talk) 12:43, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Royal Oak: symbolism and identification
Although one might expect the Royal Oak to be an "English Oak", I'm pretty sure it isn't. I've taken a few photos of the fruits and leaves of the Tercentenary Oak and the one planted for Victoria's diamond jubilee, both daughter trees at Boscobel: you can no longer get close enough to the Royal Oak itself. Both appear to be Sessile Oaks to me, with characteristic short-stalked leaves and stalkless acorns. Moreover, all the oaks in the vicinity seem to be Sessile too. I'll put a photo in the gallery for discussion, because I may well be wrong, and there's a chance these are hybrids, I suppose. I'd be grateful for comments from those more expert. I'd like to identify the Royal Oak with more certainty. Sjwells53 (talk) 16:45, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Mention it being a Final £1 million question on WWTBAM?
Link here, Second successful million pound question in British Millionare history. Dunno where to add, New Trivia Section? 82.21.53.146 23:09, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Provide Information on Growth Rates
Could someone add information on oak growth rates - there is obviously information on maximum dimensions, but nothing on growth rates (and this is hard to track down). Growth speed is key practical information when planting new trees, and estimating age of existing examples. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.98.76.45 (talk) 13:49, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Growth rate of oak trees as for any trees is differing very much. Investigations in Latvia show that in 50 years time one oak-tree has reached 3,6 metres circumference, while others having 370 year age have nt reached 5 metre girth.--Daarznieks (talk) 15:51, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Language
"both pruning techniques that extend the tree's potential lifespan, if not its health". Does this mean that the techniques adversely affect the trees' health? The "if not" construction should be avoided. --Wetman 14:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Mis-spelling of Latin binomial
I've found several mis-spellings of "robur" on the internet - including on the RSPB's site! Would anyone object to me setting up redirect pages for "Quercus rober" and "Quercus robor" ? Dom Kaos (talk) 20:24, 2 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Obviously nobody minds, so I'll go ahead Dom Kaos (talk) 20:29, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Age of Stelmuze oak
There is no scientific evidence that Stelmuze oak tree in Lithuania is 1500 years old - this is just a tale of tourist guides kept alive since the popular tradition of late 19th century to describe the size of trees just with imaginary age of trees. Experience of historical documents from Latvian trees (which grow in similar, a bit more harsh conditions) show that even the most giant oak trees exceedng the size of Stelmuze oak do not have more than 450 years age. In sites of paganic rituals in place of deceased sacred tree there always was planted a new one - thus also the fact that the tree is mentioned in old chronicles does not mean much. Where is evidence that this separate tree is three times older than other oak trees of similar size in our region? --Daarznieks (talk) 16:07, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Largest Australian Example
Added info about the largest Australian example, tourist attraction in Donnybrook, Western Australia.Printpost (talk) 03:14, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Images
Images moved here from a gallery section in the article. Section was entirely too large for the article. Feel free to move one or two back to the article. Let's not over do it, eh? --Rkitko (talk) 00:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Latvia section of Symbolism
This clearly needs rewriting by someone who knows the subject. I've looked through the history and people keep tagging it for tone, weasel words and lack of citation but the tags are removed without the article being rewritten. If someone can rewrite it? If not, I'll come back and delete it as it is poorly written and completely unverified.

Jwrstewart (talk) 00:16, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Right, no one has come forwards so it's about time it went.

Jwrstewart (talk) 16:27, 6 January 2012 (GMT)

Older Latin names
I am sure I remember it used to be called Quercus pedunculata. This website says synonims include that and Quercus longaeva. How is it best to include historical Latin names? I am no expert on history of taxonomy, just old enough to know Latin names changed since I was a child! Billlion (talk) 06:06, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

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Culture section
There's quite a lot of material in the culture section here, but is it specific to pedunculate oak, or should it be in the genus article? There's quite a lot of overlap between the two articles already. Also, it's quite poorly referenced, and I'm not sure it's a good idea to transfer it across wholesale.E Wusk (talk) 18:52, 18 February 2023 (UTC)