OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
Genus: Quercus     Subgenus: Quercus     Section: Quercus (white oaks)    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa   FAMILY Fagaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa   FAMILY Fagaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Quercus macrocarpa

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Quercus macrocarpa

 

COMMON NAME:
Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak


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image of Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_322

        

image of Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_quercus_macrocarpa

May        MA

Arnold Arboretum

image of Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_quercus_macrocarpa_2

May        MA

Arnold Arboretum

Bark dark grayish-brown, rough, with deep furrows and prominent ridges, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_quercus_macrocarpa_3

May        MA

Arnold Arboretum

Bark more vertically ridged and darker brown than that of White Oak, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak

JK Marlow    jkm060618_016

June    Pickens County    SC

Clemson University

SC State Champion Tree.

image of Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak

JK Marlow    s060618_a

June    Pickens County    SC

Clemson University

image of Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak

JK Marlow    s060618_b

June    Pickens County    SC

Clemson University

Leaves often fiddle-shaped, smooth shiny dark green above, pale hairy below, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak

JK Marlow    jkm111015_010016

October        

Cup's grayish pubescent scales form a fringe around & enclose 1/2-7/8 of nut, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).

image of Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak

JK Marlow    s101017_buroak

October    Mecklenburg County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa   FAMILY Fagaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Quercus macrocarpa

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus macrocarpa

 

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2084

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Rich bottomland forests, sometimes in drier forests, woodlands, oak savannas, and prairie edges, and then usually over limestone or other calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

Waif(s)

map
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate, 5-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring
Staminate calyx 2-8 lobed, pistillate calyx 6-lobed
Petals absent
3-12 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

Staminate flowers in clustered drooping catkins

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Acorn

 

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