Common name: moseik (NL), mosaiik (Fryske), Turkey oak (EN)

Native range: Southen Europe to Asia Minor

Pollination: Bees

Seed dspersal: Animal

Conservation: Least concern (IUCN, last assessed 2017)

The moseik is a fast growing tree that reaches up to 40 m tall and can live up to 150 years. Flowers in May and the seeds are ripen by September.

USES:

• Pioneer tree
• Soil Conservation
• Food for animals
• Firewood
• Railways
• Tinture
• Medicinal

This is how the tree looks in winter

And the bark…

References and more information at:

Plants for a future

European Atlas of Forest Species

Plants of the World (Kew Botanical Garden)

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