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Quercus macrocarpa
Landscape Plants for Alaska
BUR OAK (Mossycup Oak)
Quercus macrocarpa
Deciduous Tree
Height
70 - 80 (feet)
Spread
70 - 80 (feet)
Distinctions
Large lobed leaves; coarse textured twigs; bark corky with age; produces a fringed acorn; brown fall color; leaves stay on into winter; Most commonly planted oak in SC; good survival.
Limitations
Very large when mature, coarse texture; requires full sun.
Hardiness
SC, SE (Zone 2)
Origin
South-central Canada, eastern and Midwestern United States
Cultivars
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