In the urban landscape
Evergreen, compact and almost indestructible, the kermes oak is invaluable for stabilising slopes and for urban Mediterranean scrub: it withstands extreme drought, salty winds and fire, resprouting vigorously from the stump.
Quercus coccifera
Kermes oak
Used for soil stabilisation and erosion control, and decorative in Mediterranean gardens.
- Habit
- Small tree
- Diameter
- 6 cm
- Height
- 3 m
- Availability
- 1
Did you know?
Its leaves host the kermes scale insect, from which the scarlet red that dyed kings' cloaks was extracted for millennia: the word "crimson" takes its name from it.
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