Bur Oak
- Botanical Name
- Quercus macrocarpa
- Min Zone
- 2
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 70 to 80 feet
- Width
- 70 to 80 feet
- Flowers
- Brown catkins, not ornamentally important
- Fruit
- Acorn, fringed cap covering nut
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, adaptable
- Planting & Care
- Difficult to transplant
- Urban and salt tolerant
- Problems
- Galls, anthracnose, 2-line chestnut borer
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