bur-oak

The flora of this region is mixed, with shortgrass and mixed-grass prairie and rare xeric species on south and west-facing slopes, and bur-oak woodland and tallgrass prairie on cooler, moister slopes.

Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA) 2008

You know, old Bill always mast-fed the hogs he put up for his own eatin ', they jest fattened on hickory nuts and big white - and bur-oak acorns, and he'd smoke his meat with hickory wood smoke, and oh, that meat was jest so sweet and nutty-like!

The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Leander Stillwell 1888

We moved into our frame house in the fall, when mother with the rest of the family arrived from Scotland, and, when the winter snow began to fly, the bur-oak shanty was made into a stable for Jack.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876

Just as I was settling down against the side of the wall, I happened to catch a glimpse of a branch of a bur-oak tree which leaned out over the mouth of the shaft.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876

At last, in came David, a picture of open-hearted innocence, solemnly dragging a young bur-oak sapling, and handed the end of it to father, saying it was the best switch he could find.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876

With the help of the nearest neighbors the little shanty was built in less than a day after the rough bur-oak logs for the walls and the white-oak boards for the floor and roof were got together.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876

We think it should be "bur-oak," and this for the simple reason, that the name is derived from the fact that the acorn borne by this tree is partially covered with a bur.

Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper 1820

But father failed to see the fun and was very angry at David, heaved the bur-oak outside and passionately demanded his reason for fetching "sic a muckle rail like that instead o 'a switch?

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876