Cork oak: nm Mediterranean oak that provides cork. It is detached by plates in which the corks are cut.
The cork oak is a tree with a calcifuge temperament, that is to say, it grows mainly on soils poor in active limestone (granite, gneiss, schists, etc.). Small in size, it rarely exceeds 25 meters. Its usual size is around 13 meters. It is the bark of the cork oak which represents the most singular part of this tree: ...
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