Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) occurs on a wide range of soils but is more common on shallow sandy acidic ones, and often above 300m altitude. They are renowned not only for their valuable timber but because they grow to a great size and age and form a crucial and unique feature in our landscape. As part of our flora, oak provides important wildlife habitats.
Additional resources
- AGM 2024 - Adaptive traits in oak and sycamore - Rodrigo Olave & Emily Hall
- AGM 2024 - Oak genomics - Eamonn Cooper
- AGM 2024 - Irish Distillers Ltd. - Finbarr Curran
- AGM 2024 - FGRT ash, oak and sycamore Programmes - Gerry Douglas
- AGM 2023 - Genetic characterisation of Oak for breeding and conservation - Eamonn Cooper
- AGM 2023 - Seed orchards in Quercus petraea and Q robur - Eugene Hendrick
- AGM 2023 - Native oak provenance experiment - Greg Forbes
- AGM 2022 - FGRT oak seed orchards programme - Eugene Hendrick
- AGM 2022 - Oak breeding seedling seed orchards - Rodrigo Olave
- Aspects of oak species in Ireland, and the Forest Genetic Resources Trust oak conservation and improvement programme - Eugene Hendrick
- Grafting Oaks, Gerry Douglas