Bur Oak

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    Name:       Common: Bur Oak
    Scientific: Quercus Macrocarpa
    Leaf:
        Type: Alternate: Simple
    Form:
            1. Vein: Alternate
           2. Apex: Rounded
3. Margin: Lobed, with a slight point on them.

The trunk of a Bur Oak tree

    4: Base: Slim and pointy.
          Venation: Alternate
       Arrangement: Alternate
   Flower:
            Male: Are a greenish color borne in naked calbums that are two-four inches long.
Female: Reddish color and appear as a spike occurring after leaves.

   Leaf of Bur Oak tree

       Fruit:   Description: Acorns are 1-1½ inches long and ½ is unclosed in a warty cup. They                 mature in about one year dropping in August-November.
Twig:   Short dark brown with a corky feeling to them.
  Bark:   Is a light gray color and very thick and rough. With very deep scaly ridges in
   the bark.
Form: A stout trunk with a broad rounded open crown often crooked with spreading         branches.
Discussion: When this tree is fully grown it can reach to up to 90 feet tall and 80 feet                             wide. It lets off small little acorns that look like a nut. This tree is also                                                                                        known as the Mossy Cup Oak.
Uses: Food for animals, fuel, ship- building

Origin (location): All throughout the United States.

Distribution: Yellow Catkins

Map:
Native to the Midwest to the Great Plains.
United States Bur Oak tree map

References:
http://www.stmarysschool.net/buroaktree_tm.html
http://www.bhschools.org/trees/buroak.html
http://www.ecusd7.org/ehs/ehsstaff/swible/MyWebs/BUR_OAK.HTM