12,300 (average of 49 tests by U. S. Forestry Div.).[18]

12,900.

Remarks.

Most common and widely distributed oak in Gulf States west of the Mississippi River. Obtusiloba, the Latin for blunt-lobed, refers to the shapes of the leaves. Wood seldom commercially distinguished from white oak. [p017]

FOOTNOTE

[18] See [page 6].

Bur Oak. Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

Nomenclature. (Sudworth.)

Bur Oak (local and common name).

Overcup Oak (R. I., Del., Pa., Miss., La., Ill., Minn.).