Quercus petraea
Wantereech, Äiseech
Chêne sessile
Sessile Oak
Traubeneiche

Size:
The Sessile Oak is a large tree up to 30, (40) m high.

Leaf: 
The leaf is elongated-ovate and - in contrast to the English oak - long-stalked! The leaves emerge somewhat earlier than those of the English oak.

Flower/Fruit: 
Flowering occurs inconspicuously, in catkins. The acorns sit in multiples on a very short, common stalk and provide excellent game food.

Wood: 
Oak wood is one of the most valuable useful woods, whereby sessile oak wood is somewhat easier to work than the wood of the English oak. The wood is particularly valued for the production of barrels for alcoholic beverages.

Trivia/Use: 
Acorns used to be roasted (acorn coffee) and used raw for fattening pigs. The sessile oak is light and heat-loving, it survives dry summers better than the English oak. It is suitable for lighter, warm and rather dry or alternately moist soils. It is used as a forest tree because of its high light requirement in its youth is displaced by the beech wherever it finds suitable growing conditions.