Quercus ilex
Steeneik / Holly oak, Evergreen oak
Fagaceae (Napjesdragersfamilie)Europe (whole)
Edible plant part (1)
Nuts
Read 'form of consumption' for safe preparation methods
Toxic plant part (1)
Nuts
Holly oak, Evergreen oak belongs to the canopy layer in the food forest. The growth rate is fast. Fully grown the plant has an average height of 20 to 30 meter. and a width of 22.9 meter.
The foliage (or leaf cover) is dense.
Holly oak, Evergreen oak is no nitrogen fixer.
Disclaimer:
The types of cultivars and hybrids in this database have been carefully chosen for good quality
properties for food forests. They do not mean instant success. Food forestry
is still a young field in which it is a core value to have the right plant in the right place
and to focus on great diversity.
foto: Derek Keats, https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/16498241353
foto: Derek Keats, https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/16498241353
foto: Robert Flogaus-Faust, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quercus_ilex_RF.jpg
foto: Miguel Muñoz Sánchez, https://www.flickr.com/photos/157609432@N07/41976745134
Growth factors
- Frost (whole plant)
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very strong frost
cold frost
mild frost
light frost
no frost
- Light
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full sun
light shade
half shade
fairly deep shade
deep shade
- Wind
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strong sea wind
strong wind
some wind
sheltered
very sheltered
- Soil moisture
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inundation
wet
moist
dry
drought
Voorkeur
Ongeschikt
Flowering and pollination
- Flowering period (peak)
- mid march
- Plant reproductive fertility
- self-fertile (sf)
Life Span and Plant Health
Harvest and Consumption
Nuts
- Suitable harvesting methods
- Hand
- Form of consumption
- Processed
- Natural storability
- Several months
- Productive life span - start (year) - minimum
- 3
- Productive life span - start (year) - maximum
- 5