| Scientific Name: | Quercus macrocarpa |
| Common Name: | bur oak |
| Family Name: | Fagaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Screening, Shade tree, Street (boulevard tree), Tall background, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Oblanceolate, Obovate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Green, Apr |
| Fruit: | Nut, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Loose, open oak tree; leaves alternate, most obovate-oblanceolate, 14-20(-25)cm long x 8-12cm wide, dull, margins variable but most with rounded lobes, base taper toward the petiole. Winter ID: older twigs may have corky ridges; stipules may be persistent, 7-12mm long x 1mm wide; multiple ovoid terminal buds; lateral buds rounded, may be fuzzy; leaf sars mostly half-circle with scattered bundle scars. Quite stout, yellow-brown, often with corky ridges; multiple terminal buds are small, round, and may be somewhat pubescent often surrounded by thread-like stipules; laterals are similar, but smaller. | |