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Quercus macrocarpa



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Quercus macrocarpa
Bur oak

Imbricate and blunt ovate, the 3/16 - 1/4" long buds are covered with a pale gray pubescence. There are string-like stipules borne among the clustered terminal buds. The younger and more vigorous the specimen, the longer and more obvious the stipules will be.

 
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