Oak or listed as the world's endangered wood species
oak or will be included in the Convention on the international trade of endangered plants (CITES).. At the sixteenth session of the State Party Convention held in Bangkok in March 2013, the latest CITES control species, identified in the conference, included 248 timber tree species. The oak was included in CITES, will increase the latest regulatory species list. CITES convention will add new members.
at present, the CITES convention contains three different administrative levels of the appendix. Included in Appendix I species prohibited trade; included in Appendix II species must have import and export licenses or re export certificate, can trade; included in Appendix III species must have issued by the Contracting States import and export license and certificate of origin that can be traded, the oak if really finally selected the world's endangered wood species, consumers in the market will be becoming more difficult for them to buy the wood floors and furniture. CITES Convention on the regulation of wood species is very strict, as of now, 18 species belonging to 29 families of nearly 250 species of wood species have been included in the CITES convention appendix.
The British oak tree (English oak acorns) feature
& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; in 1651, King Charles II in pursuit of the enemy to escape, because hid in an oak tree hole and able to preserve, Charles II will oak is chosen as a symbol of Royal protector. Since then, the oak will enjoy a respected position in the king's room. Oak tree branches and oak become the medal of common elements, became a symbol of honor. Until today, “ &rdquo is still the hearts of oak; the British navy song. In 1993, the International Olympic Committee Museum (Museum decoration effect figure) for an old oak and re planning and design. In addition, oak tough material, delicate structure, wear, corrosion resistance, high strength, excellent stability, impact resistance and other advantages of the world's people's recognition and appreciation.
Why red wine casks used oak
; the earliest of the most applied of the oak is the production of wine barrels.. In Europe, oak is used as a wine barrel for more than 1400 years of history. A French top five wineries of Philippine winery wine master the role of oak in Wine very much. Before 1400, the Gauls and Romans began using oak barrels as Wine transportation tools.
& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; unique oak hydrolysis of tannic acid and lactone components and natural woody, and in hundreds of years, abroad, especially in France each big tall wineries are widely used red wine barrels. High quality Wine must apply the above three kinds of white oak barrels made to storage. Wood structure characteristics of these three trees are similar, but the chemical composition and aroma characteristics are different.
& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; oak, the scientific name for real oak called oak, belonging to Fagaceae, Quercus acutissima genera. The growth of oak Lun Mingxian, slightly wavy, heavy and hard quality. Mainly produced in Europe and North America, oak is more than 100 years of growing period of rare species. Its characteristic is heavy and hard, straight texture, coarse structure, elegant color texture appearance, very high mechanical strength, wear resistance, but wood is not easy to dry sawing and cutting, processing difficulty is great, the general used as high-grade furniture and pure solid wood flooring.