Bouls Oak knotty 32 mm

The knotty oak is often also called wild oak, rustic oak or simply knotty oak. The wood pattern of the oak is characterised by ring-shaped early wood vessels and clearly separated annual rings, which show a distinctive pattern of the wood or stripes on the longitudinal surfaces. The large, broad wood rays typical of the oak are conspicuous and enliven the picture as a mirror.

Trade names and other names

German: Eiche europäisch astig
 English: Knotty English oak, knotty European oak, knotty French oak
 French: Chene blanc avec noeuds
 Italian: Rovere europeo con nodi
 Spanish: Roble europeo nudoso
 Dutch: Europees eiken, Zomereik
 Portuguese: Carvalho-roble europeu nodoso
 Arabic: Balluud aswad ingilizi
 Chinese: 欧洲橡木

Available thicknesses

30, 32, 40, 50, 52, 60, 65, 70, 80 mm, other thicknesses on request.

Occurrence

The oak is widespread almost throughout Europe, namely in Norway up to the 63rd degree north latitude and in Russia up to the 57th degree north latitude, as in the Caucasus and in Asia Minor, furthermore in the south as far as central Spain, Sicily and on Crete one finds oak.

Trunk and bark

Oak reaches a height of up to 50m in favourable locations, with a diameter of up to 2m, but usually shorter and weaker. The trunk of the oak is consistently well grown, often twisted and knotless up to 15m. The bark of the oak is thick, deeply longitudinally fissured and dark grey.

Characteristics and wood colour

The oak has coarse pores and sharply defined annual rings. Wide medullary rays appear as light shiny bands in radial section and as brown lines in tangential section in oak wood. The yellowish-white sapwood of oak is only narrowly developed. The heartwood of the oak is greyish yellow when fresh, later darkening to light to dark brown when exposed to air.