A Cotswold Year - Charting the seasons in the South Cotswolds

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Burr Oak

The large growths on the trunks of burr oaks are highly prized by furniture makers and are sliced for veneers.
The burrs are caused by buds which do not develop into shoots but stay just below the bark or the tree.

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