Once again, it’s time for MrsT’s quizzes to branch out and spread their roots, and this round... you’ve guessed it, its trees! They help regulate our climate and provide food and shelter for a whole host of animals as well as providing us with a variety of resources, we might otherwise take for granted. Let’s face it, what wood (pun intended) the world be without trees? They come in all shapes and sizes, as do the leaves and fruit that they bare and yes, I was one of those kids who loved the school trip to Westonbirt Arboretum. For the next 12 weeks, I will leaf you with a clue or two about trees for you to mulch over.EnjoyMYSTERY TREE QUIZ #7Clue: Once gave us our daily bread.
Clue on wednesday!
Clue: I go with the flow.
I'll stay with "Oak". Quercus suber occidentalia is a subspecies of Cork Oak, and grows also in mild areas of Great Britain. Cork floats on water, so maybe it "goes with the flow". And although I don't know if the acorns were used to make flour, they are still used to feed pigs.
Merry Christmas once more!
Bente
And to you Bente! Answer on Friday morning!
Willow?? The way they often droop into water on river banks & get swept along with the flow if the water & were used to make bread in times if famine!
Mind you, acorns would also get carried along by water!!
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WendyBartter said:Roll on Friday
Agree with that Wendy not even any silly ideas on this one.
Pete
Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can
Congratulations to all of you who guessed English oak (Quercus robur). Let’s start with the clues! First clue: Once gave us our daily bread. We associate acorns with Oak trees. Prior to the domestication of wheat production 10,000 years ago, acorns were gathered by man and ground into flour to make bread, hence the reference. The second clue: The spouse of Braganza’s Kate hid here. Kate is a shortened version of Katherine. Here it refers to Catherine of Braganza, who was married to King Charles II of England. After the Battle of Worcester (1651), Charles II fled from Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentary soldiers and spent an entire day hiding in an Oak tree at Boscobel House in Shropshire.
The Oak is the commonest tree in the UK and its timber has been widely used since pre-historic times. Robur is Latin for ‘strong’ and the timber of English oak is one of the most durable timbers around. Indeed the Oak has long been a symbol of strength and survival. It can reach 20 metres in height and can live for over a thousand years. Its fruit, known as acorns are a popular food resource for Jays and Squirrels and an oak tree will not produce acorns until it is 40 years old. Oak leaves are roughly 10 centimetres in length and have 4-5 smooth edged lobes.
A picture of an English oak tree is found here.
Did you know that: the leaves, acorn and bark of English oak trees were once used to cure kidney stones.
Keep an eye out for next week’s Mystery tree quiz here soon!
Take care,
Claire
Well guessed Bente & BW ... Was I the only one to get a confusing second clue??
Well done Bente and BW,we did not have the slghtest idea on that one
good job Bente and Birdie
you've done well with these tree quizes
Ray
a good laugh is better than a tonic