The two little Cork Oaks (Quercus suber, family Fagaceae) are growing up. Both acorns are from the same tree (here is where they came from) and were seeded on January 15th, 2008. We had some cold weather last week and that's probably why the «corkies» didn't get much higher.
Other posts about them under the category "A STORY ABOUT CORK OAKS".
[Cascais - Portugal].

[Originally posted on Mar 26th, 2008]

Category: A STORY ABOUT CORK OAKS

Cork oaks (Quercus suber, Fagaceae family) seeded on January 15th, 2008.
[Cascais - Portugal].

[Originally posted on Mar 6th, 2008]

Category: A STORY ABOUT CORK OAKS

The Cork Oak - Sobreiro (Quercus suber, Fagaceae family) is a large native tree to Portugal.
The acorns were seeded on January 15th, 2008 - the plants' age is referenced to that date.

[Cascais - Portugal].

[Originally posted on Mar 5th, 2008]

Category: A STORY ABOUT CORK OAKS

The Cork Oak (Quercus suber, family Fagaceae) is a big tree, native to Portugal. And this is a story to continue... In the next posts, I'll insert a ruler, so that we can measure their growth. The acorns were seeded on January 15th - the plants' age is referenced to that date.

Cascais, Portugal.

[Originally posted on Feb 20th, 2008]

Category: A STORY ABOUT CORK OAKS