Tannin . It is used for ink and dyes and in the leather making industry.
Oak trees interact with the things that eat the bark or the acorns. It also interacts by growing and shedding leaves
The bark of cork trees. Often the Cork Oak. This does not damage the tree.
The African oak trees are not edible. They can be found in the country of Africa and grow to be very tall with a reddish-brown coloration on its bark.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question550.htm Cork comes from the bark of Quercus suber.
Cork is a plant cell; it is the bark of the "cork oak" a type of oak tree that grows in Spain and similar climates.
Bark is from trees. The trees grow bark to protect the tree.
the bark is the part of an oak tree that is most like a human skin
trees shed leaves and sometimes bark bark bark
No oak trees have acorns.
The oak tree has thick bark. In fact the Cork Oak has such thick bark it is used for cork boards.
An Oak treeAcorns come from oak trees.
Bark boring beetles that carry a fatal virus.