Photo of Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) uploaded by Paul2032

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Location: Indiana Zone 5
Date: 2023-09-21
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2021-08-30 
Fringed cap is a helpful identifying characteristic

Date: 2013-09-24
Location: Indiana Zone 5
Date: 2023-09-21
Location: Nunnelly,Tennessee 
Date: 2023-11-21
Location: Nunnelly,Tennessee 
Date: 2023-09-25
Large acorns will be dropping soon.
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Kyle, TX
Date: 2020-07-01
A magnificent oak--planted as a young sapling 28 years ago

Date: c. 1865
illustration by P. J. Redouté from Michaux's 'North American Syl

Date: 2014-01-27
Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-10-28
lone young tree at Harmony Hill Nursery
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-01-08
big tree
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-09-20
3 acorns found on ground, one about 1 3/4" wide

Date: 2013-09-24
Location: Konza Prairie near Manhattan, KS
Date: 2012-05-30
Location: Konza Prairie near Manhattan, KS
Date: 2012-05-30
Location: Aurora, Illinois
Date: January in 1980's
full-grown tree in winter
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-08-18
portion of trunk with bark
Location: Exton, Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-07-08
two trunks of two old trees planted a long time ago
Location: Noble County Indiana
Date: 2011-10-02
Branch Structure of a Very Old Tree

Date: 2012-11-08
Photo by Anderwood
Location: Botanical Graden Meise - Nationale Plantentuin Meise - Brussel
Date: 2017-09-27
Location: Ft Worth Botanic, Tx
Date: 2017-11-18
Location: Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL
Date: 2010-08-18
large specimen
Location: Exton, Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-07-08
two old trees planted a long time ago
Location: Exton, Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-07-08
branches and foliage
Location: Indian Cave State Park in Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-16
Location: Kyle
Date: 2019-07-10
the new acorn
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)

Credit NPS
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-18

Date: 2014-01-27

Date: 2014-01-27
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-09
In my garden

Date: 2013-09-24

Date: 2013-09-24

Date: 2012-12-03

Date: 2012-11-08

Date: 2012-11-08

Date: 2012-11-08
Location: Ft Worth Botanic, Tx
Date: 2017-11-18
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-07-27
two full-grown trees planted a long time ago
Location: Lake Ellyn in Glen Ellyn, IL
Date: 2010-08-20
some trees in a park

USDA photo
Location: Noble County Indiana
Date: 2011-10-02
A Very Old Tree
Location: Noble County Indiana
Date: 2011-10-02
An Extra Large Acorn

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