Hungarian Oak (Quercus frainetto)

This oak is included with English Oak (Quercus robur), providing the lower tannin wood that produces French oak wine barrels. Looking at the champion specimen, one would question the use of this oak growing in its short branching habit for the wine industry. Being in the white oak group, this taxon has rounded leaf lobes with a leathery glossy texture seen in oak from warmer regimes. Hungarian oak has a wide range from Italy to the Caucasus in Turkey. If our specimen could grow straight and tall, it could reach 125-feet in height. Our specimen measured at a circumference of 93-inches, 34-feet in height, 38-feet in crown spread and rated at 136-points. The champion tree is located opposite the Garden Mausoleum near the west entrance to the gazebo in the Garden Courtyard. A companion specimen of similar habit is located at the northwest corner of Section 60 along the yellow painted line road.