Burr Oak or Mossycup Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Native Region: Central and Eastern Canada and US
Plant Community: Oak Hickory
Size: 60-80′ tall and wide
Hardiness Zone: 3-8
Habitat: Found in floodplains, forests, swamps, and prairie edges. Prefers mesic to dry-mesic solid of high pH. Can tolerate harsh condition like drought, limestone soil, and alkaline clay soil.
Leaf: Deep green, large leaves with two deep margins in the summer, turning yellow-brown in fall.
Flower: Yellowish-green flowers, blooming in April.
Ecosystem services: Due to extreme drought tolerance, it is often used in roadside spaces and shelterbelts. Can also be used in flooded situations like rain gardens and areas with cyclical drought and flooding. Also used as a spatial tool as a windbreak, shelterbelt, riparian forest buffer, and woody restoration.
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a902 h
ttps://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=quma2
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=QUMA2
https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/quercus/macrocarpa/
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