Quercus macrocarpa - Wikipedia
Quercus macrocarpa, the bur oak or burr oak, is a species of oak tree native to eastern North America. It is in the white oak section, Quercus sect. Quercus, and is also called mossycup oak, mossycup white oak, blue oak, or scrub oak.
Quercus macrocarpa - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Quercus macrocarpa, commonly called bur oak or mossycup oak, is one of the most majestic of the native North American oaks. It is a medium to large sized deciduous oak of the white oak group that typically grows 60-80’ (less frequently to 150’) tall …
Quercus macrocarpa - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
Bur oak is a large drought resistant, long-lived and reasonably fast-grower for an oak. Its acorns have a bur or mossy appearance hence the common name. Tolerates lime soils better than most oaks. It is native to the central plains and the great lakes regions of North America.
Quercus macrocarpa Michx - US Forest Service Research and …
Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa), also known as blue oak, mossy-overcup oak, mossy-overcup oak, and scrub oak, has the largest acorns of all native oaks and is very drought resistant. It grows slowly on dry uplands and sandy plains but is also found on fertile limestone soils and moist bottomlands in mixture with other hardwoods.
Bur oak | Tree, Leaf, Bark, & Facts | Britannica
bur oak, (Quercus macrocarpa), North American timber tree belonging to the white oak group, distributed primarily throughout the central United States. It has become a popular ornamental and shade tree in urban areas because of its resistance to …
Quercus macrocarpa — burr oak - Go Botany
Quercus bicolor × Quercus macrocarpa → Quercus ×schuettei Trel. is a very rare oak hybrid known from VT. It is primarily known from the lacustrine floodplain of Lake Champlain where both parents grow together.
Quercus macrocarpa – Purdue Arboretum Explorer
Leaf shaped like a fiddle, with an expanded lobed blade at the apex, and narrow more-deeply lobed blade at the base. Brownish, ovoid imbricate buds with a pale pubescence. Acorn (0.75-1.5") has a fringed cap that covers 50% or more of the …
BUR OAK - QUERCUS MACROCARPA | The UFOR Nursery & Lab
Genus: Quercus Species: Q. macrocarpa Hardiness Zone: 3 to 8 Height: 60 to 80 ft Width: 60 to 80 ft Common Characteristics: Bur oak is a large long-lived shade tree that is native to Minnesota. it has a stout trunk and a broad, rounded open crown of stout and crooked branches.
ENH-709/ST551: Quercus macrocarpa: Bur Oak - EDIS
Scientific name: Quercus macrocarpa Pronunciation: KWERK-us mack-roe-KAR-puh Common name(s): Bur oak Family: Fagaceae USDA hardiness zones: 3A through 8B (Fig. 2) Origin: native to North America Invasive potential: little invasive potential
Quercus macrocarpa ︎ Bur Oak | UNL Gardens | Nebraska
Native range: Nova Scotia to Pennsylvania, west to Manitoba and southwest to Texas. Flower: Monoecious. Pistillate catkins (male inflorescence). Leaves: 4" - 10" × half; lower 2 -3 lobe pairs, upper 5 - 7 lobe pairs. Dark green and lustrous above, grayish-whitish tomentose beneath. Petiole (leaf "stem") 1 ¼" and downy.