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Picture of the Bur Oak Tree     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

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