As well as featuring prominently in European forests, the deciduous oak tree also plays a significant role in the timber industry. The most prominent species used in oak wood production is the English oak, also referred to as common oak or pedunculate oak. Oaks traditionally symbolize steadfastness and power, resilience and rigour, endurance and patient maturation. Oak wood is believed to protect virtue, reveal the truth and have revitalizing powers. It has a grey-yellow to yellow-brownish core which distinguishes itself from the colour of the surrounding sap wood. The distinct growth rings bestow the wood grain with a uniformity impressed with either very narrow or broad streaks. When used as beams in half-timbered buildings, oak can even endure for up to several hundred years. Due to its moisture-resistant qualities and its distinctive aroma, it is also employed in the production of casks for storing wine, whiskey or sherry.

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