Burr Oak

Burr Oak is a variant spelling of Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa). The term can refer to some places in the United States:

  • Burr Oak, Indiana
  • Burr Oak, Iowa
  • Burr Oak, Kansas
  • Burr Oak, Michigan
  • Burr Oak Township, Michigan
  • Burr Oak, Missouri
  • Burr Oak, Nevada
  • Burr Oak, Ohio
  • Burr Oak, Wisconsin
  • Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois
  • Burr Oak State Park in Ohio

Famous quotes containing the words burr and/or oak:

    Heaven sometimes hedges a rare character about with ungainliness and odium, as the burr that protects the fruit.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Where he swings in the wind and rain,
    In the sun and in the snow,
    Without pleasure, without pain,
    On the dead oak tree bough.
    Edward Thomas (1878–1917)