Oak tree is native to ireland.
Irish hardwood trees.
Oaks are commonly used in native forestry plantations and their wood is very popular for furniture and flooring.
Oak trees are one of the most popular shade trees and provide excellent habitat for wildlife.
Non native tree species in irish forests.
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Use of non destructive test methods on irish hardwood standing trees and small diameter round timber for prediction of mechanical properties article pdf available in annals of forest science 77.
Asia and north america and unfortunately again to the best of my knowledge not a native of ireland.
The fast growing nature of conifer trees provides an efficient method of sequestering atmospheric co 2 through on site forest emissions removals absorbing co 2 removals through harvested wood products carbon storage within timber and emission avoidance by substitution of fossil fuel energy e.
However the use of irish hardwoods has grown considerably over the past decade.
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Oak are hardwood trees and a mature oak may grow well over 200 years.
However the use of irish hardwoods has grown considerably over the past decade.
The irish hardwood resource is very limited with about 20 000 cubic metres of roundwood harvested each year in ireland.