Minnesota Seasons


bur oak				More photos…
Quercus macrocarpa

Taxonomy	Family:	Fagaceae (beech)
	Subfamily:	Fagoideae
	Genus:	Quercus
	Subgenus:	Quercus
	Section:	Quercus (white oak)
Subordinate Taxa	bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. depressa) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Identification	See the varieties for identifying information.

Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8.

Record	The champion bur oak in Minnesota is on private property in Rochester, in Olmsted County. In 1999 it was measured at 60′ tall and 275″ in circumference (87½″ in diameter).

Sightings	Afton State Park Agassiz Dunes SNA Avon Hills Forest SNA North Unit Beaver Creek Valley State Park Blue Devil Valley SNA Blue Mounds State Park Bonanza Prairie SNA Bunker Hills Regional Park Cannon Wilderness Woods Carley State Park Carver Park Reserve Cedar Mountain SNA Chamberlain Woods SNA Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Cherry Grove Blind Valley SNA Clear Lake SNA Crow Wing State Park Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Elm Creek Park Reserve Flandrau State Park Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park Fort Ridgely State Park Gneiss Outcrops SNA Great River Bluffs State Park Hardscrabble Woods/MG Tusler Sanctuary Hastings Sand Coulee SNA Helen Allison Savanna SNA Holthe Prairie SNA Kasota Prairie SNA Lake Bemidji State Park Lake Bronson State Park Lake Carlos State Park Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lake Louise State Park Lake Maria State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Long Meadow Lake Louisville Swamp			Mary Schmidt Crawford Woods SNA Miesville Ravine Park Reserve Mille Lacs Kathio State Park Mound Prairie SNA Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve Myre-Big Island State Park Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary Old Mill State Park Ordway Prairie Ottawa Bluffs Partch Woods SNA Philip J. Englund Ecotone Pin Oak Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Prairie Creek Woods SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA Rushford Sand Barrens SNA St. Croix Savanna SNA Sakatah Lake State Park Shooting Star Prairie SNA Sibley State Park Twin Lakes SNA Two Rivers Aspen Prairie Parkland SNA Uncas Dunes SNA Wild River State Park Wood-Rill SNA Zumbro Falls Woods SNA

Comments	Bur oak is the most common oak and one of the most common trees in Minnesota. It is the official State Tree of Iowa.

Images
var. macrocarpa

Synonyms

Common Names	blue oak bur oak mossy over-cup oak scrub oak

bur oak