Quercus robur, commonly known as common oak, pedunculate oak, European oak or English oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae.
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12 Facts About English oak
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English oak is one of the most common park trees in south-eastern Australia, noted for its vigorous, luxuriant growth.
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The pedunculate English oak of the Croatian region of Slavonia is a regional symbol of Slavonia and a national symbol of Croatia.
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In Finnic mythology, the World tree, which supported the sky, was a great English oak, which grew to block the movement of the sky, sunlight and moonlight, and had to be felled, releasing its magic, creating the Milky Way, which guides dead souls to the afterworld.
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The English oak was considered to have many magical properties, and it was used in traditional Finnish folk medicine as well.
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One of such trees, an English oak planted during the 1848 Revolution, survived the destruction of Oradour-sur-Glane by the Nazis.
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In Germany, the English oak tree is used as a typical object and symbol in romanticism.
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In those works the English oak is shown in different situations, with leaves and flowers or dead without any of its previous beauty.
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Furthermore, the English oak's stem is a symbol for Germany's strength and stability.
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The naval associations are strengthened by the fact that English oak was the main construction material for sailing warships.
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An English oak tree has been depicted on the reverse of the pound coin and a sprig of English oak leaves and acorns is the emblem of the National Trust.
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