| Bukoshi Oak | |
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 The Bukoshi Oak in May 2019 | |
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| Native name | Lisi i Bukoshit (Albanian) |
| Species | Oak ( Quercus ) |
| Location | Bukoshi, Vushtrri  Kosovo |
| Coordinates | 42°48′14″N20°55′33″E / 42.803972°N 20.925889°E Coordinates: 42°48′14″N20°55′33″E / 42.803972°N 20.925889°E |
| Date seeded | Circa 1870 |
The Bukoshi Oak is a natural heritage monument of botanical character, located in the village of Bukosh in Vushtrri Municipality, Kosovo. [1] [2]
The Bukoshi Oak is an oak tree (genus Quercus ) with trunk perimeter dimensions which at the base of the trunk are 3.10 cm (1.22 in) while the maximum length / height of its crown is about 22 m (72 ft ). Its exact age is not known, but it is said that when the construction of the railway line [1] Skopje - Fushë Kosova - Mitrovica began, this oak was a small sapling near a freshwater spring. (It is known that the construction of this railway was completed in 1874). Near the oak, at the site of a former freshwater spring, there is now a well, which also gives the monument a hydrological character too. [2]
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