The holm oak coppice (Querqus petrea) of the Klaverberg is exceptional because it is autochthonous plant material and therefore of great scientific value. It is estimated that these huge coppice oaks are more than 800 years old and therefore survived the Little Ice Age (15th - 19th century). That it was the sessile oaks that grew into these huge coppice oaks and not the pedunculate oaks is due to the old farmers who acted according to the principle "sessile oaks give less acorns so spare pedunculate oaks and cut down sessile oaks". With trunk circumferences up to 17 metres, these coppice oaks are among the largest in Limburg.
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