Bur Oak

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Intermediate

Water

Water Use Medium

Drought Tolerance High

Flood Tolerance None

Soil

Soil Types Clay, Loam, Sand

CaCO3 Tolerance Medium

Fertility Need Medium

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance High

Salt Tolerance Low

Climate

pH Range 4.5 – 7.5

Frost-Free Days 100 days

Precipitation 15 – 50 in

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Host Achatia distincta, Acronicta albarufa, Acronicta americana, Alsophila pometaria, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Anacamptodes ephyraria, Anisota manitobensis, Anisota senatoria, Anisota virginiensis, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Archips cerasivorana, Archips fervidana, Archips purpurana, Argyrotaenia quercifoliana, Automeris io io, Besma endropiaria, Blastobasis glandulella, Bucculatrix recognita, Cameraria bethunella, Cameraria hamadryadella, Cameraria macrocarpae, Cameraria macrocarpella, Cameraria platanoidiella, Catocala aholibah, Catocala amica, Catocala ilia, Cepphis armataria, Ceratomia amyntor, Charadra deridens, Chionodes formosella, Choristoneura rosaceana, Cosmia calami, Crocigrapha normani, Cucullia lucifuga, Cydia latiferreana, Datana ministra, Dichomeris ligulella, Eacles imperialis, Ennomos subsignaria, Epinotia criddleana, Epinotia timidella, Erannis tiliaria, Erynnis juvenalis, Halysidota tessellaris, Hemileuca slosseri, Heterocampa obliqua, Hyalophora cecropia, Hypagyrtis unipunctata, Hyperstrotia pervertens, Hyphantria cunae, Lithophane amanda, Lochmaeus manteo, Lymantria dispar, Macaria exauspicata, Malacosoma disstria, Malacosoma tigris, Melanolophia signataria, Nacophora quernaria, Nadata gibbosa, Nematocampa filamentaria, Nola ovilla, Olethreutes atrodentana, Orthosia hibisci, Orthosia revicta, Orthotaenia undulana, Paleacrita vernata, Pandemis canadana, Pandemis limitata, Peridea angulosa, Phigalia titea, Phyllonorycter aeriferella, Phyllonorycter albanotella, Phyllonorycter basistrigella, Phyllonorycter fitchella, Pococera expandens, Protoboarmia porcelaria, Psilocorsis quercicella, Satyrium calanus, Satyrium edwardsii, Sparganothis pettitana, Stenoporpia polygrammaria, Symmerista albifrons, Tetracis cachexiata, Xanthia togata

Fall Color Yes

Evergreen No

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
CAN: Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.