Quercus ilex

Big wide crowns
Park tree and/or specimen tree
Low maintenance
Ornamental value
Height
15m - 20m
Transparency
Dense
Ornamental value
Shape
Endures
Drought

Quercus ilex, evergreen shrub or tree. In its indigenous environment, the Mediterranean, it can reach heights up to 20 m. Wide, round densely branched crown on a thick robust trunk. Grey smooth bark. Leathery, elliptical or lancet-shaped, sharply serrated leaf. Leaf shiny green with a grey and woolly pilose underside. To be planted in sheltered locations.