Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
Bur oak is an example of a white oak (group). The leaves are blunt-lobed, lacking bristles at their tips. The buhs too are blunter than those of the red oak group.
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Bur oak twigs and a fruiting plant just because.
Oaks have clustered false end buds. The scales are imbricate (shingled). The pith is star-shaped n cross section.
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Oak twigs have clustered end buds.