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TURKEY CORK OAK OF CASALBORGONE

This is a tree species with uncommon characteristics compared to the others that normally populate our woods. Botanically it is classified as Quercus crenata or turkey cork oak or green oak, a fertile hybrid between the cork oak (Quercus suber) and turkey oak (Quercus cerris). The bark is suberose, the leaves are shiny, have a leathery shape and texture like cork, are semi-persistent and they change annually; the acorns have a curly dome like those of the turkey oak.
The age of this tree, like its origin, are unknown, but it was already mentioned in 1905 by G. Negri in the book "La vegetazione della collina". An old farmer from Casalborgone once said that he had heard of an ancient medicinal use of the foliage of this oak to heal animals (decocted or used as it was, for rabbits, for example).

Indirizzo 
Bric Turniola
Casalborgone TO
2
Altitude 
550m
Scientific species 
Quercus crenata Lam.
Vulgar species 
Cerro - sughera / Rovere verde
Circumference 
325cm
Height 
22m
Class of age 
100-200 anni
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Free
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