Bay Laurel, True Laurel, Sweet Bay, Grecian Laurel, Laurel (Laurus nobilis)

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  Erscheinungsbild

  The Bay Laurel is a tree or shrub whose leathery, aromatic leaves are used as a spice. Its oblong berries are black. A wreath of bay leaves has been a mark of distinction since Antiquity.

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  Blätter

  Evergreen, elliptic leaves. Leaves are dark green above, pale green below. Length: 5 to 10 cm. Scalloped margin. Alternate arrangement.

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  Blatt Oberseite

  Evergreen, elliptic leaves. Leaves are dark green above, pale green below. Length: 5 to 10 cm. Scalloped margin. Alternate arrangement.

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  Blatt Unterseite

  Evergreen, elliptic leaves. Leaves are dark green above, pale green below. Length: 5 to 10 cm. Scalloped margin. Alternate arrangement.

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  Blüten

  Flowering period: III to IV. Pale green or dull yellow flowers in axillary clusters.

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  Rinde

  Bark is mostly smooth, dark grey to blackish in colour. Branches are reddish at the tips, brownish below.

Anwendung

Open country, open fields, pioneer tree, tip afforestation, slope stabilization, wind-break, public areas, parks, urban areas, roadside verges

Heimatgebiete

Mediterranean regions

Standortparameter

Light: full sun to off-sun; soil: dry to fresh; soil structure: normal to loose; soil depth: medium to very deep; humus concentration: low to high, pH value: slightly acid to alkaline; nutrient concentration: very low to very high; soil: dry to fresh.

Ansprüche

Urban climate: resistant; does not tolerate stagnant moisture.

Frosthärte

down to -10 C°

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Height of growth: 7 to 20 m. Spread: 6 to 10 m. Moderately rapid growth, often multi-stem, dense tree with closed crown.

Blätter

Evergreen, elliptic leaves. Leaves are dark green above, pale green below. Length: 5 to 10 cm. Scalloped margin. Alternate arrangement.

Blüten

Flowering period: III to IV. Pale green or dull yellow flowers in axillary clusters.

Früchte

Black elongated berries, approx. 1 to 1.5 cm in size.

Rinde

Bark is mostly smooth, dark grey to blackish in colour. Branches are reddish at the tips, brownish below.