Oak / Pedunculate oak / Sessile oak

The planting costs of commercial oak stands are relatively high because of the long time it takes to harvest valuable timber (thick, knotty shoots). However, these economic disadvantages are compensated by high prices for valuable timber. In the past, timber-framed houses were traditionally built from oak. For centuries, sculptures and imposing altars have also been crafted from oak.

• Natural occurrence in Europe to Little Asia, predominantly in mixed hardwood forests, but also in the free-range (often on meadows and in parks).
• No occurrence in central and northern Scandinavia and large parts of Spain.

• Decorative, ring-porous hardwood. Annual ring boundaries sharply demarcated from each other, with the rough-pored early wood pore ring visible on the longitudinal surfaces as concise veins or stripes.
• Wood with mandatory coloured heartwood, sapwood light (yellowish white), heartwood yellowish-brown to dark brown.
• The light-coloured sapwood is rarely used in interior finishing, as it is often affected by vermin and/or mould.
• The wood rays can appear on the wood surface as clearly visible "mirrors".

• Oak is at present the most requested type of wood at vonRickenbach.swiss AG and is made into table tops and tables, bed frames, chairs and various furniture components (legs, bars, handles, etc.).