Turkey Oak at Symonston, ACT
Identification history
| Quercus cerris | 30 Mar 2016 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 26 Mar 2016 | Mike |
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User's notes
Three species of oak together so probably planted.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
31 Mar 2016
Mike, over a dozen species of oaks have commonly been used in street and park plantings in Canberra, the frilly skirt around the acorn of the Turkey Oak is quite distinctive. I find the occasional oak in bush particularly behind schools, the battlegrounds of acorn fights, but without squirrels or jays they aren't going to spread far.
Mike
wrote:
1 Apr 2016
Thanks Michael. I have used street trees to help with identification but found it hard to get a list of Canberra street trees. I have seen some wild oaks but small enough to remove. The street tree that is invading the local reserves is Celtis australis. I wonder when TAMS will start removing them.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.136845-35.350172
- Places Symonston, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2016 04:13 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Other Trees Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Quercus cerris Scientific name
- Turkey Oak Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Machine learning
