Quercus suber

🌳 Quercus suber – Cork oak
 📏 Height: 10–20 m | 🌿 Oval, leathery, dark green leaves with a serrated edge
 🪵 Thick, wrinkled, corky bark – harvested every 9–12 years
 🌍 Origin
 🌍 Mediterranean Basin: 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇫🇷 Southern France, 🇲🇦 Morocco
 📍 Ideal for
 🌳 Mediterranean forests, reforestation, natural parks
 🏡 Large rustic or naturalistic gardens
 🌼 Blooming
 📅 Spring | 🌾 Inconspicuous, yellow-green flowers
 🌰 Acorn (fruit) production
 💧 Resistance
 🌞 Full sun | 🌵 Drought: good | ❄️ Frost: up to –10 °C
 🪴 Acidic or neutral, well-drained soils | 🚫 Not on calcareous soils
 🧰 Care
 🪚 Light pruning for balance | ♻️ Regenerable bark: used to produce corks and insulating panels
 🌱 Slow growing but long-lived and valuable for biodiversity 🌿🦉