Native Trees of Kentucky 



No. 1. b. Bur Oak Quercus inacrocarpa. 



The l>ur or Mossy Cup Oak, 

 the largest of Kentucky's Oaks, 

 is found in low wet grounds 

 west of the mountains. 



The wood is sold with White 

 Oak in the lumber markets. 

 The distinguishing features of 

 ihir Oak are: (1) a mossy 

 fringe about the rim of the 

 large deep cup, (2) large, 

 unequally divided leaves, (3, 

 corky winged branches. 

 Tree large and heavy, with 

 spreading, shaggy, 

 corky-winged branches. 

 Bark dark, deeply furrowed. 



Leaves long, divided into unequal halves by deep sinuses ; 

 upper half long and broad with scalloped or lobed 

 margins ; lower half, short, lobed, tapering to the 

 stem. 



Fruit acorns, large and round, set deeply in scaly, mossy 

 fringed cups. 



