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The West Virginia state champion bur oak has a trunk diameter of almost 3 m (10 ft). Large bur oaks, older than 12 years, [11] are fire-tolerant because of their thick bark. [10] One of the bur oak's most common habitats, especially in Midwestern United States, is the oak savanna, where fires often occurred in early spring or late fall. Without ...
Quercus bicolor, the swamp white oak, is a North American species of medium-sized trees in the beech family. It is a common element of America's north central and northeastern mixed forests. It can survive in a variety of habitats. It forms hybrids with bur oak where they occur together in the wild.
The size of the tree has made coring and accurate dating difficult. It has been the state champion Bur Oak since 1987. [2] The tree has survived many droughts and floods, including the Great Flood of 1993, when water stood nearly 6.5 ft deep around its trunk. Lightning has struck the tree often, including in October 2020, when a strike lit a ...
The Quadricentennial Bur Oak, located in Bob Woodruff Park, stood 90 feet high and measured 15-and-a-half feet around, according to a Plano news release. Arborists estimate the age of the tree at ...
A massive bur oak in Lexington that had lived through hundreds of years of storms, droughts and human development finally succumbed to Friday’s powerful winds. ‘Famous’ 300-year-old bur oak ...
Other oaks for dry soil: Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa), 60-80 feet tall and wide, Zones 3-8; and gambel oak (Quercus gambelii), 20-30 feet tall, 15 feet wide, Zones 3-9. “In general, look for ...
Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Post oak (Quercus stellata) Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) Chestnut oak (Quercus prinus) Chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) English oak (Quercus robur) Red oak ...
– Chinkapin oak – eastern, central, and southwestern US (West Texas and New Mexico), northern Mexico; Quercus ningqiangensis S.Z.Qu & W.H.Zhang – southeastern China; Quercus oblongifolia Torr. – Arizona blue oak, Southwestern blue oak, or Mexican blue oak – # southwestern U.S., northwestern Mexico; Quercus obtusata Bonpl. – Mexico