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Koruluk Kermes Oak III is a single kermes oak in Kızılören village, Dazkırı district of Afyonkarahisar province, registered as a natural monument on 6 September 2002 on 0.10 hectares. It was protected for one reason: its size. The trunk is about 120 centimetres across, far beyond the usual diameter and height for the species, and the directorate calls it one of the thickest kermes oaks known in Türkiye.
Kermes oak normally grows as scrub rather than as a tree, which is what makes the measurement notable. The page gives no age and no height for it.
Other kermes oaks and black pine saplings grow around it. There are no facilities and no concessionaire. Capacity is 100 visitors and 10 vehicles, with hours of 08:30 to 17:30.
The monument stands at the Kürdezi locality, also given as Üçardıçlar-Koruluk, 2.5 kilometres from the village centre.
- Designated
- 6.09.2002
