Editing Quercus macrocarpa (section)

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}
{{Redirect|Burr oak|places named after the oak|Burr Oak (disambiguation){{!}}Burr Oak}}
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{{Speciesbox
|image=Big Tree with spring picnic.jpg
|image_caption=A 400-year old tree in [[Missouri]] known as [[The Big Tree]]
|status=LC
|status_system=IUCN3.1
|status_ref=<ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author1=Kenny, L. |author2=Wenzell, K. |title=Quercus macrocarpa |volume=2015 |page=e.T33991A2839807 |year=2015 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T33991A2839807.en }}</ref>
|genus=Quercus
|display_parents=2
|parent=Quercus sect. Quercus
|species=macrocarpa
|authority=[[André Michaux|Michx.]]
|range_map=Quercus macrocarpa range map 1.png
|range_map_caption=Generalized natural range
|synonyms_ref=<ref>{{ThePlantList |authority=Michx.}}</ref>
|synonyms={{collapsible list|bullets=true
 |''Quercus macrocarpus'' <small>Michx.</small>
 |''Cerris macrocarpa'' <small>(Michx.) Raf.</small>
 |''Cerris oliviformis'' <small>(F.Michx.) Raf.</small>
 |''Quercus macrocarpa'' var. ''abbreviata'' <small>A.DC.</small>
 |''Quercus macrocarpa'' var. ''alata'' <small>Coleman</small>
 |''Quercus macrocarpa'' f. ''appressa'' <small>Trel.</small>
 |''Quercus macrocarpa'' var. ''minor'' <small>A.DC.</small>
 |''Quercus macrocarpa'' f. ''olivaeformis'' <small>(F. Michx.) A. Gray</small>
 |''Quercus macrocarpa'' f. ''oliviformis'' <small>(F.Michx.) Trel.</small>
 |''Quercus macrocarpa'' var. ''oliviformis'' <small>(F.Michx.) A.Gray</small>
 |''Quercus macrocarpa'' subsp. ''oliviformis'' <small>(F.Michx.) A.Camus</small>
 |''Quercus macrocarpa'' f. ''orbiculata'' <small>Trel.</small>
 |''Quercus oliviformis'' <small>F.Michx.</small>
 |''Quercus olivaeformis'' <small>F.Michx.</small>
 |''Quercus macrocarpa'' subsp. ''eumacrocarpa'' <small>(Michx.) A. Camus</small>
 }}
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'''''Quercus macrocarpa''''', the '''bur oak''' or '''burr oak''', is a species of [[oak]] tree native to eastern North America. It is in the [[white oak]] section, ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus'', and is also called '''mossycup oak''', '''mossycup white oak''', '''blue oak''', or '''scrub oak'''. The acorns are the largest of any North American oak (thus the species name ''macrocarpa'', from [[Ancient Greek]] {{wikt-lang|grc|μακρός}} {{grc-tr|μακρός}} "large" and {{wikt-lang|grc|καρπός}} {{grc-tr|καρπός}} "fruit"), and are important food for wildlife.