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  2. Robin Hood's Larder - Wikipedia

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    Robin Hood's Larder (also known as the Butcher's Oak, the Slaughter Tree and the Shambles Oak) was a veteran tree in Sherwood Forest that measured 24 feet (7.3 m) in circumference. The tree had long been hollow and is reputed to have been used by the legendary outlaw Robin Hood and others as a larder for poached meat.

  3. Larder - Wikipedia

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    A larder is a cool area for storing food prior to use. Originally, it was where raw meat was larded—covered in fat—to be preserved. [2] By the 18th century, the term had expanded: at that point, a dry larder was where bread, pastry, milk, butter, or cooked meats were stored. [2] Larders were commonplace in houses before the widespread use ...

  4. Quercus suber - Wikipedia

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    Quercus subera St.-Lag. Quercus suberosa Salisb. Quercus suber, commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the cores of cricket balls. It is native to southwest Europe and northwest ...

  5. Quercus stellata - Wikipedia

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    Quercus minor (Marshall) Sarg. Quercus obtusiloba Michx. Quercus villosa Walter. Quercus stellata, the post oak or iron oak, is a North American species of oak in the white oak section. It is a slow-growing oak that lives in dry areas on the edges of fields, tops of ridges, and also grows in poor soils, and is resistant to rot, fire, and drought.

  6. Quercus douglasii - Wikipedia

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    Quercus ransomii Kellogg. Quercus douglasii, known as blue oak, is a species of oak endemic to California, common in the Coast Ranges and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. [4] It is California's most drought-tolerant deciduous oak, [5] and is a dominant species in the blue oak woodland ecosystem. It is occasionally known as mountain oak and ...

  7. Treaty Oak (Austin, Texas) - Wikipedia

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    Treaty Oak (Austin, Texas) / 30.27130; -97.75550. The Treaty Oak is a Texas live oak tree in Austin, Texas, United States, and the last surviving member of the Council Oaks, a grove of 14 trees that served as a sacred meeting place for Comanche and Tonkawa tribes before European colonization of the area. Foresters estimate the Treaty Oak to be ...

  8. Quercus ilicifolia - Wikipedia

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    Quercus ilicifolia is a deciduous tree or shrub growing occasionally reaching a height of 6 meters (20 feet) but usually much smaller. [4] [5] It is gangly and can form a dense thicket. The plant grows from a large taproot, which reach 20 centimeters (8 inches) in thickness. The taproot lives a long time, producing several generations of above ...

  9. Quercus acutissima - Wikipedia

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    Quercus acutissima is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 25–30 metres (82–98 feet) tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter. The bark is dark gray and deeply furrowed. The leaves are 8–20 centimetres ( – inches) long and 3–6 cm ( – in) wide, with 14–20 small saw-tooth-like triangular lobes on each side, with the ...

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