Red-bark oak
- an Asian oak that keeps its leaves all year round.
Red-bark oak is an Asian relative of our danish oaks. It can become a big tree, up to 30 m heigh and 3 m in diameter.
While the danish oaks lose their leaves in the fall, red bark oak keeps its leaves all year round, like many other species of oak in tropical mountain forests.
Facts:
- Greenhouse location: The Mountain Forest House
- Danish name: Rødbarket eg
- Latin name: Quercus gilva
- Family: Beech family / Fagaceae
- Natural habitat: Mountian fores in Japan and China