Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus > Quercus macrocarpaQuercus macrocarpa (Burr Oak)Synonyms: Cerris macrocarpa (homotypic); Qercus mandanensis; Quercus macrocarpa eumacrocarpa; Quercus macrocarpa f. olivaeformis Quercus macrocarpa, the bur oak, sometimes spelled burr oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus sect. Quercus, native to North America in the eastern and central United States and eastern and central Canada. This plant is also called mossycup oak and mossycup white oak. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | None | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High | | Carbon Capture [1] | Medium-High | | Shade Percentage [1] | 79 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium-Low |  | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [2] | Monoecious | | Janka Hardness [3] | 1370 lbf (621 kgf) Medium | | Leaf Type [2] | Deciduous | | Pollinators [2] | Wind | | Specific Gravity [4] | 0.64 | | Structure [2] | Tree | | Usage [2] | A mulch of the leaves repels slugs, grubs etc, though fresh leaves should not be used as these can inhibit plant growth;
Oak galls are excrescences that are sometimes produced in great numbers on the tree and are caused by the activity of the larvae of different insects. The insects live inside these galls, obtaining their nutrient therein. When the insect pupates and leaves, the gall can be used as a rich source of tannin, that can also be used as a dyestuff;
The bark has been used as a mordant for fixing dyes;
Wood - hard, heavy, strong, tough, very durable, close grained. It weighs about 46lb per cubic metre; Of considerable importance as a timber tree, it is used for all types of construction, in making baskets, flooring, cabinet making, ship building etc; It is also a good fuel; | | | Height [2] | 49 feet (15 m) | | Width [2] | 26 feet (8 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°) | | Water Use [1] | Moderate to Low |
View Plants For A Future Record : Quercus macrocarpa |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Bruce Peninsula National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve |
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90 |
Michigan, United States |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
19586 |
Maryland, District of Columbia, United States |
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Chippewa Nature Center |
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Michigan, United States |
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Devils Tower National Monument |
V |
1361 |
Wyoming, United States |
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Fort Donelson National Battlefield |
III |
560 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Grand Rapids Audubon Club Maher Sanctuary |
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80 |
Michigan, United States |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
VI |
715 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site |
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Iowa, United States |
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Homestead National Monument of America |
V |
850 |
Nebraska, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Pipestone National Monument |
V |
326 |
Minnesota, United States |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
762028 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Rondeau Provincial Park |
II |
5035 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site |
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New York, United States |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Western Michigan Universitys Asylum Lake Preserve |
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274 |
Michigan, United States |
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Wind Cave National Park |
II |
29471 |
South Dakota, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 4Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 8Microtus pinetorum, Michael J. Smolen, Mammalian Species No. 147, pp. 1-7 (1981) ♦ 9Geographic variation in walnut seed size correlates with hoarding behaviour of two rodent species, N. Tamura and F. Hayashi, Ecol Res (2008) 23: 607–614 ♦ 10Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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