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English Oak and Sessile Oak
Two Common British Oaks

  
 
         
 
                             
 

Sessile Oak Tree shape to look for.

    
 
 
Sessile Oak leaves have a stalk.
         
 
Flowers open in May in hanging spikes.
  
 
 
Acorns are sessile - they have no stalk. They can be up to 3cm long.
    
   
     
 
Sessile Oak   or
Quercus Petraea
  1. Deciduous.
  2. Wood widely used in shipbuilding
  3. Can be  up to 30 metres tall.
  4. Very long lived trees.
  5. Flowers open in May in hanging spikes.
  6. The fruit is called an acorn. It can be 3cm long.
  7. The acorns are sessile - that is they have no stalk.
  8. Sessile Oak leaves have a stalk.
 
 
   
                   
   
         
   
English Oak Tree shape to look for.
  
   
English Oak leaves are sessile - they have no stalk.
 
   
Flowers open in May in hanging spikes.
English Oak acorns are pedunculate - they have long stalks.
  
   
     
   
                       
     
English Oak Oak   or
Quercus Robur
  1. Deciduous.
  2. Wood widely used in shipbuilding
  3. Can be  up to 30 metres tall.
  4. Very long lived trees as much as 800 years.
  5. Flowers open in May in hanging spikes.
  6. The fruit is called an acorn. It can be up to 3cm long.
  7. The acorns are pedunculate - that is they hang on long stalks.
  8. English Oak leaves are sessile - they have no stalk.
       
                                   
         

Oak Challenge

What does 'sessile' mean?

Which oak tree has leaves with no stalk?

Which animals like to eat acorns?
       
                                   

Horse Chestnut challenge

What do children sometimes do with conkers?

Where did Horse Chestnut trees originate?
Can you find the places on a map?
 
   
                               
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