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Quercus macrocarpa
bur oak / mossycup oak

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Infradivision Angiospermae

Family Name Fagaceae / oak, beech

Botanical Name Quercus macrocarpa

Common Names bur oak / mossycup oak

Native Continents North America

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Native Range Southern Manitoba to central Texas; east to southern Ontario, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee; isolated populations in New Brunswick, New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, and Montana.

Native to these North American Tree Region(s)

Montana Native

Boreal Forest Pacific Coast Forests Northern Rocky Mtn. Complex Southern Rocky Mtn. Complex Great Plains Central Hardwoods Northeastern Mixed Woods Southeastern Mixed Forests
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