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Quercus macrocarpa
Description | Quercus macrocarpa, the bur oak, sometimes spelled burr oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus sect. Quercus, native to North America in the eastern and central United States and eastern and central Canada. This plant is also called mossycup oak and mossycup white oak. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_macrocarpa, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fagales : Fagaceae : Quercus : Quercus macrocarpa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Quercus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Hist. chenes Amer. t. 2-3. 1801 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Bur Oak, Burr Oak, Mossy-cup Oak, Blue Oak, Chêne à Gros Fruits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_macrocarpa |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Quercus macrocarpa depressa variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Quercus macrocarpa macrocarpa variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
References
Michx. (1801) In: Hist. Chênes Amér.: 2 - via Catalogue of Life |
Cavender-Bares, Jeannine,Aldrich, Preston R.,Kole, Chittaranjan (2011/01/01) Quercus - via Oaks of the Americas |
Volenec, M.,Mans, E.,Pinahs, C.,Rutman, B.,Ingersoll, A.,Kittelson, P.M.,Rieke, J.,Dwyer, J. (2009) Age Structure and Genetic Diversity of Four Quercus macrocarpa (Michx.) Populations in Fragmented Oak Savanna along the Central Minnesota River Valley - via Oaks of the Americas |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!