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Quercus macrocarpa

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Burr Oak 

FAMILY: FAGACEAE

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About Burr Oak at OSU's Landscape Plants site

  • A white oak native to the eastern and midwestern U.S. and south-central Canada.

  • Fiddle-shaped leaves are alternate, thick, glossy, and large.

  • Bark on the lower trunk has thick, vertical flattened ridges with very deep furrows.

  • Acorns are large (1.5” long) and oval, with a thick cap that is fringed at the lower end covers almost the entire nut.

Tree # Location Dimensions Photo and Notes
304

2921-2955 SE Washington St

Right of Way

80' Height

90' Spread

11.6' Circ.

This tree is on the corner of SE Washington St. and SE 30th Ave.

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