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Cork oak

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  • Cork oak

  • Estuário do Sado Nature Reserve

  • Alentejo

  • Grândola

Identification and Access

  • No

  • Quercus suber L.

  • EN 261-1, Km 12, Monte das Ferrarias

  • 18,5 m

  • Isolated tree

  • More or less 200 years old

  • This is a magnificent specimen of cork oak, which hasn't had its cork removed for many years and is situated on the right side of the road EN 261-1, towards Grândola-Tróia, 4 meters from the road. It features a large diameter trunk, from where 6 branches emerge.