Quercus petraea – Sessile Oak – Durmast Oak

General Information Common Name  Sessile Oak, Durmast Oak Scientific Name  Quercus petraea Sun Tolerance  Full Sun Height  18 - 23 m (60 - 75 ft) Spread  8 -14 m (26 - 46 ft) Growth Rate  Fast Bloom Time  Spring Color  Green, Bronze Flower Color  Green Type  Tree Native  United States

Classification Kingdom  Plantae – Plants Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass  Hamamelididae Order/  Fagales Family  Fagaceae – Beech family Genus  Quercus L. – Oak Species  Q. petraea

Quercus petraea – Sessile Oak

Quercus petraea common name is Sessile Oak also known as Cornish oak or Durmast Oak. It is native to Europe. It is particularly differentiated from the Pedunculate Oak in having long-stalked leaves, stalk less acorn cups, straighter branches and a narrower crown. The sessile oak is a large Semi-Deciduous tree grows up to 20–40 m (66–131 ft) in height.

The leaves are 7–14 cm (2.8–5.5 in) long and 4–8 cm broad, evenly lobed with five to six lobes on each side, and a 1 cm petiole. The twigs are brown and carry brown winter buds spirally set, with a cluster of them near the tip. The young shoots bear hairy scales. The leaves are often bronze to khaki when opening when opening and later are sometimes tinged with red – especially the second growth in July. They have a wavy indented outline, vary in size and lobbing and have an appreciable stalk towards which the base of the leaf tapers gradually. Unlike the Pedunculate Oak, it does not have auricles. 

Both sexes of flowers appear on the same tree in Spring. The pale green male catkins are slender; the even less conspicuous female flowers, of like color are in twos and threes and have little or no stalks – hence the later cup which holds the acorn like-wise does not have a stalk. The fruit is an acorn 2–3 cm long and 1–2 cm broad, which matures in about six months. Both the acorn and the cup are at first green, but become brown by autumn.

The bark, trunk and wood characteristics are the same as those of the Pedunculate Oak but the tree has usually a better timber form, since it keeps a main trunk growing up through its crown of straight branches. Young trees up to about 10 feet retain their spent brown autumn leaves until the new green ones appear in the spring. The comments made in the last two paragraphs under Pedunculate Oak apply equally to the Sessile Oak.

Sessile Oak

Sessile Oak Young Plant

Sessile Oak Leaves

Sessile Oak Bronze color leaves

Sessile Oak Flowers

Blooms of Sessile Oak

Sessile Oak Acorns

Sessile Oak Fruits

Sessile Oak Acorns

Sessile Oak Bark

Sessile Oak Log

Sessile Oak Huge Log

Sessile Oak Forest

Sessile Oak

Malus domestica - Apple

General Information Common Name  Apple, Orchard Apple Scientific Name  Malus domestica Sun Tolerance  Full Sun Height  1.8 - 9 m (6 - 30 ft) Spread  1.8 -4.6 m (6 - 15 ft) Growth Rate  Moderate Bloom Time  Spring Color  Green Flower Color  White Type  Tree Native  Asia, Europe, USA

Classification Kingdom  Plantae – Plants Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass  Rosidae Order  Rosales Family  Rosaceae – Rose family Genus  Malus Mill. – apple Species  M. domestica

Malus domestica - Apple

Malus domestica common name is the Apple also called Orchard apple. Apple is the most popular in the world. The apple is very delicious and healthy fruit too. People all over the world love apple. It is one of the most widely cultivated  fruit tree, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apples grow on small, deciduous trees. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, is still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe, and were brought to North America by European colonists. Apples have been present in the mythology and religions of many cultures, including Norse, Greek and Christian traditions. There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples, resulting in a range of desired characteristics. About 69 million tons of apples were grown worldwide in 2010, and China produced almost half of this total. 

The apple forms a tree that is small and it grows 1.8 - 4.6 m (6 - 15 ft) tall in height. Generally apple tree grows up to 9.1 m (30 ft) in the wild. When cultivated, the size, shape and branch density is determined by rootstock selection and trimming method. The leaves are alternately dark green-colored simple ovals with serrated margins and slightly downy undersides. 

The apple blooms in spring. The 3 to 4 cm (1.2 to 1.6 in) flowers are white with a pink tinge that gradually fades. The flowers have five petals and these can be seen later in the form of carpels, which hold the seeds, when the fruit develops. If you cut an apple horizontally, the five carpels are displayed in a star formation, much like the petals of the flowers. The fruit matures in autumn, and varieties exist with a wide range of sizes that is 7.0 to 8.3 cm (2.75 to 3.25 in) in diameter. The skin of ripe apples is generally red, yellow, green or pink and some of them are multi-colored. 

Malus domestica Full Tree

Malus domestica - Apple

Apple Leaf

Malus domestica - Apple : Leaves

Apple Young Plant

Malus domestica - Apple  in tub

Malus domestica - Apple : Flowers

Flowers of Apple

Malus domestica - Apple Flowers

Beautiful Apple

Malus domestica - Apple Fruits

Apple Fruits

Malus domestica - Apple : Log

Malus domestica - Apple Bark

Apple Bark

Apples

Malus domestica - Apple

Apple's Garden

Malus domestica - Apple Tree

Malus domestica - Apple Garden

Apples

Apples

Apples

Orchard Apple

Malus domestica - Apple

Malus domestica - Apple

Malus domestica - Apple

Tour in Apple Garden

Packaging Of Apples

Quercus coccinea - Scarlet Oak

General Information Common Name  Scarlet Oak Scientific Name  Quercus coccinea Sun Tolerance  Full Sun Height  27-45 m (90-150 ft) Spread  10 -15 m (40 - 50 ft) Growth Rate  Fast Bloom Time  Late Spring Color  Green, Red Flower Color  Green Type  Tree Native  United States, Europe

Classification Kingdom  Plantae – Plants Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass  Hamamelididae Order  Fagales Family  Fagaceae – Beech family Genus  Quercus L. – Oak Species  Q. coccinea

Quercus coccinea - Scarlet Oak

Quercus coccinea common name is the Scarlet Oak. The scarlet oak can be mistaken for the Pin Oak, the Black Oak, or occasionally the Red Oak. It is mainly native to the  United States.

Q. coccinea is a medium-large deciduous oak tree growing to 27–45 m (90 – 150 ft) tall with an open, rounded crown. The leaves are glossy green, 7–17 cm long and 8–13 cm broad. They are arranged alternately and lobed. There are seven lobes in every leaf and deep sinuses between the lobes. Each lobe has 3-7 bristle-tipped teeth. It blooms in spring and the flowers color is greenish-yellow. Individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant. 

The acorns are ovoid, 7–13 mm broad and 17–31 mm long, a third to a half covered in a deep cup, green maturing pale brown about 18 months after pollination; the seed is very bitter. Scarlet oak is often planted as an ornamental tree. It is popular for its bright red fall color. The wood is generally marketed as red oak, but is of inferior quality, being somewhat weaker and not forming as large a tree.

Scarlet Oak : Leaves

Scarlet Oak : Leaves in Fall

Red Leaves of Scarlet Oak

Scarlet Oak : Flowers

Flowers of Scarlet Oak

Scarlet Oak : Acorns 

Acorns of Scarlet Oak

Seeds of Scarlet Oak

Bark of Scarlet Oak

Scarlet Oak

Scarlet Oak in Fall

Scarlet Oak when leaves are red

Scarlet Oak : Red Leaves