{"id":345,"date":"2020-08-26T20:28:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T19:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2024-07-26T20:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T19:04:30","slug":"4-holm-oak-holly-oak-quercus-ilex","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/?page_id=345","title":{"rendered":"4. Holm Oak\/Holly Oak (Quercus ilex)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What3Words Reference: shared.sunset.views<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Location notes:  evergreen tree by junction of paths near football pitches<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Holm oak is an evergreen tree that can grow to 20m and develop a huge, rounded crown. It was introduced to Britain in the late 1500&#8217;s. and has very hard, strong wood used for joinery.<\/p>\n<p>Look out for the dark green evergreen leaves which are glossy above and downy below. Young leaves can be spiny like holly leaves and it produces acorns in autumn.<\/p>\n<p>Its yellow catkins provide a source of pollen for bees and other insects, \u00a0but it is less useful to our wildlife than English Oaks.though it is less susceptible to pests and pathogen.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/?page_id=297\">Tree Trail<\/a> to return to the full list<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4325-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4325-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4325-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4325-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4325-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4325-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4324-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4324-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4324-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4324-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4324-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4324-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What3Words Reference: shared.sunset.views Location notes: evergreen tree by junction of paths near football pitches Holm oak is an evergreen tree that can grow to 20m and develop a huge, rounded crown. It was introduced to Britain in the late 1500&#8217;s. and has very hard, strong wood used for joinery. Look out for the dark green [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":297,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-345","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1378,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/345\/revisions\/1378"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}