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Quercus macrocarpa Michx.
bur oak
       
Symbol:   QUMA2  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Fagaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Tree
Shrub 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



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 Photo of Quercus macrocarpa Michx.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

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Distribution:
Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, MB, NB, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

View 6 genera in Fagaceae, 206 species in Quercus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Quercus macrocarpa Michx. var. depressa (Nutt.) Engelm.. .
Quercus macrocarpa var. depressa
bur oak
Distribution of Quercus macrocarpa Michx. var. macrocarpa. .
Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa
bur oak
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Hamamelididae
Order Fagales
Family Fagaceae – Beech family
Genus Quercus L. – oak
Species Quercus macrocarpa Michx. – bur oak
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
bur oak              Endangered
Massachusetts:
bur oak              Special Concern
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FAC FAC- FAC FAC- FACU FACU FAC- NO NO NI NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19287.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.
 

Related Web Sites:
Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

AL-Auburn University Plant Identification Resource

Canada-Trees in Canada

FL-USFS Tree Fact Sheets (University of Florida)

IA-State Plants

IL-Selecting Trees For Your Home (University of Illinois)

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

MN-The Right Tree Handbook (Minnesota Power)

MO-Kemper Center for Home Gardening (MoBotGard)

NC-Plant Fact Sheet (NCSU)

OH-Ohio State University Pocket Gardner

OK-Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

Silvics of North America

TX-Native Trees of Texas

UK-Plants For A Future

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

WI-Trees of Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Herbarium

WI-Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
 
 
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