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Cork oak

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  • Cork oak

  • Estuário do Sado Nature Reserve

  • Lisbon and Tagus Valley

  • Palmela

Identification and Access

  • No

  • Quercus suber L.

  • Chaparral do Mendonça - Águas de Moura

  • 16 m

  • Isolated tree

  • More or less 206 years old

  • Magnificent tree! It is considered the most productive cork oak tree worldwide, producing enough cork for the manufacture of 100 thousand excellent quality corks. A common cork oak produces corks for 4 thousand wine bottles.