Oak (Sessile)

Common Name

Sessile Oak, Durmast Oak

Latin Name

Quercus petraea

Status

Status

Distribution

Widespread, being most common in the Pennines and Pennine Fringe and particularly the Coal Measures.

Habitats

Mixed deciduous woodland, hedgerows. Together with Common Oak a major component of many semi-natural woodlands in the county, particularly in association with Birch on acidic, leached and infertile soils.

Requirements

Will grow in a wide range of soils and situations. More tolerant than Common Oak of drier and less fertile sites. For timber production well drained fertile soils and sheltered sites are required.

Recommendations

A slow growing forest tree capable of producing versatile high quality timber. Suitable for general planting as a woodland and hedgerow tree, particularly in the Pennines and Pennine fringe.

Origins/Provenance

Has been widely planted in the past although also a very common wild species. Use plants of local provenance or FC seed zones 302 and 204. Where the production of quality timber is an aim use plants of FC certified stock.

Notes

Oak hybridises relatively freely and individual trees found in the field may be intermediate in type, or hybrids (Quercus x rosacea), between Sessile Oak and Common Oak.