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General Forestry => Ask The Forester => Topic started by: Bill Gaiche on December 27, 2024, 07:01:34 PM
I thought I had read that Burr Oak is in the same family as White Oak and that it is closed cell. What is your opionion? T/Y bg
Yes it is a White Oak.
Mr. G.:
Typing burr oak family the following cut and paste is what I found
Quercus macrocarpa - Wikipedia (https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=59d99df8e26d4abbbdec4b0490d102606b051a303ee1a6383e7b846f15c135c5JmltdHM9MTczNTI1NzYwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=2b6935fc-f58e-67c2-1aa1-209ef434665f&psq=burr+oak+tree&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvUXVlcmN1c19tYWNyb2NhcnBh&ntb=1)- [color=var(--AC_NeutralFore2)]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[/font][/size][/color]
- Hope this helps you.
- GAB
Although an "eastern" species, you can find it in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and into northeast Wyoming.
And living in the east, I've never seen one. We didn't even have it in Dendro class.
I think it grows in the finger lakes area of NY around Weedsport. Years ago I made a shadow box and put various kinds of tree seeds in it. I collected some acorns from a big White Oak growing along NY Route 31 and I ID'd them as Burr Oak.