bur oak
noun
: a usually large oak (Quercus macrocarpa) of eastern North America having oval acorns enclosed in a fringed cap and tough close-grained wood
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Results for the southern bur oak, while more mixed, were also generally better than the northern bur oak.
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Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
This year, six tree types are available: bur oak, American elm, sycamore, Shumard oak, Mexican plum and lacebark elm.
—Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
As for white oaks, there are more than a dozen, including the bur oak, chestnut oak, swamp white, and post oak, but the one most people think of carries the same name as the group in general: white oak.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 July 2023
For years, a towering bur oak presided over its center.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
While bur oaks, which are native to Illinois, can live for as long as four centuries, the lifespan of the zoo’s tree was shortened by the development around it.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
The Somme Woods Earth Month Work Day on April 18 had volunteers rolling up their sleeves or foregoing sweatshirts while restoring bur oak woodlands at Northbrook Somme Prairie Grove on a sunny Tuesday.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
Across from the white-cheeked gibbon enclosure sits a great, sprawling bur oak tree, about 45 feet tall.
—Maddie Ellis, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
Recommended species include Texas red oak, Mexican white oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore and bur oak.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 15 Jan. 2021
Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
This year, six tree types are available: bur oak, American elm, sycamore, Shumard oak, Mexican plum and lacebark elm.
—Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
As for white oaks, there are more than a dozen, including the bur oak, chestnut oak, swamp white, and post oak, but the one most people think of carries the same name as the group in general: white oak.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 July 2023
For years, a towering bur oak presided over its center.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
While bur oaks, which are native to Illinois, can live for as long as four centuries, the lifespan of the zoo’s tree was shortened by the development around it.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
The Somme Woods Earth Month Work Day on April 18 had volunteers rolling up their sleeves or foregoing sweatshirts while restoring bur oak woodlands at Northbrook Somme Prairie Grove on a sunny Tuesday.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
Across from the white-cheeked gibbon enclosure sits a great, sprawling bur oak tree, about 45 feet tall.
—Maddie Ellis, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
Recommended species include Texas red oak, Mexican white oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore and bur oak.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 15 Jan. 2021
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