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cork oak

Quercus suber

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Portugal.January 179, February 231, March 306, April 322, May 450, June 262, July 194, August 326, September 225, October 224, November 248, December 235.
Portugal3,202
Spain2,248
Andalucía724
France545
Cataluña/Catalunya530
Italy498
SETÚBAL487
COIMBRA407
ÉVORA378
FARO375

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderbeeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales
Familybeech family · Fagaceae
Genusoaks · Quercus

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