Quercus gilva seed

LATIN NAME: QUERCUS GILVA

COMMON NAME: Red-bark Oak

The red-bark oak mantles the tall, evergreen tree with the leathery, glossy, dark-green leaves with the softly hairy, yellowish undersides, the leaves mantling the dense crown through the year, the reddish-brown bark flaking in the plates, the small, green catkins opening through the spring, the round, brown acorns following. The tree grows steadily into the dense, rounded crown, and it likes the sun or the light shade, and the deep, moist, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The evergreen, hairy-leaved habit of the red-bark oak gives it a recognised place in the research on the warm-climate evergreen oaks of the great oak group, and the gilva species appears in the studies of the leaf hairs and waxes and the year-round crown build. The work looks at the way the leathery leaves hold the mantle, the hard timber, and the seed biology. The foresters value the wood, and the growers of the warm-climate shade and woodland trees keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm garden, the red-bark oak mantles the warm garden with the leathery, dark leaves. The glossy, hairy-backed foliage gives the dense shade, the acorns feed the birds and the small mammals, and the timber serves the building and the furniture. It thrives in the deep, moist, well-drained, sunny or lightly shaded ground. Leathery-mantled, red-barked and evergreen.

To grow the Red-bark Oak from seed, sow the acorns into the deep, gritty drills of the seedbed in the autumn.

Sow the acorns into the deep, gritty drills of the seedbed, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The mantle leaves come within a few seasons. , then cover them well, keep the drills gently watered, and the young trees push through over the spring. The mantle leaves will darken within a few seasons.

Quercus gilva     Cyclobalanopsis gilva