But you'd never find a cork oak in these parts.
Did cork oak have a smell, because he could not identifyit.
It will take more time where cork oaks are concerned - 40 years - than for fir trees.
The cork oak has a life expectancy of 150 years and is stripped 12 or 13 times during its lifetime.
The bark from cork oak can be stripped about every 10 years without the trees having to be cut down.
Soon they were threading their way among bushes eight or ten feet high, with a scattering of cork oak.
Natural stands of cork oak can support diverse ecosystems.
Cork Oaks live about 150 to 250 years.
Imported specimens include the large cork oaks on the property planted by Lick himself.
The town is surrounded by the cork oak forests and vineyards which form the twin bases of its economy.