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Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa


Location: 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont
Park: Ardenwood Historical Park
District: Newark
Native to: N. America
Tree type: flowering
Leaf retention: deciduous

Comments: Broadleaf deciduous tree native to east central Canada and the Midwest of the US. Bur Oak is in the white oak family with blunt lobes. This species has rather large acorns with heavily furred boots. Trees to 40 or 50 feet in our area, larger in its native range.

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Photo provided by Nelson Kirk


Illustration by Philip Eaker



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