EPPO Global Database

Quercus suber(QUESU)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-11

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: QUESU
  • Preferred name: Quercus suber
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Native to Western Mediterranean. Bark is repeatedly harvested from the living trees as the source of  cork. This species is not normally established in plantations, but existing populations are managed, enriched and maintained in the long term.  


Common names
Name
Language
بهش Arabic
دلَم Arabic
سنديان فليني Arabic
فرشي Arabic
فلين Arabic
artelatza Basque
корков дъб Bulgarian
alzina surera Catalan
suberaie Catalan
sureda Catalan
surera Catalan
suro Catalan
šuvor  Croatian
dub korkový Czech
kork-eg Danish
kurkeik Dutch
cork oak English
chêne liège French
chêne occidental French
corcier French
sioure French
surier French
suve French
corticeiro Galician
sobreira Galician
sobreiro Galician
Korkeiche German
Pantoffelbaum German
δρύς φελλοφόρος Greek
paratölgy Hungarian
quercia da sughero Italian
quercia sughera Italian
sughera Italian
cassou-lèuje Occitan
cors Occitan
coursiè Occitan
surrè Occitan
dąb korkowy Polish
chaparreiro Portuguese
chaparro Portuguese
chaparrobro Portuguese
sobreiro Portuguese
sobro Portuguese
sovereiro Portuguese
sôvero Portuguese
stejar de plută Romanian
дуб пробковый Russian
dub korkový Slovak
alcornoque Spanish
chaparro Spanish
suro Spanish
korkek Swedish
дуб пробковий Ukrainian