The thick, medium-gray BARK allows the tree to survive most ground fires, which is why bur oak is sometimes called prairie oak. It was one of the few trees to survive the frequent prairie fires. It probably was not a component of the U.P. forest until European settlement. Sinus depth variable. The BARK is light to medium gray with shallow cracks and sometimes a little scaly.
White oak is a component of forests in southern Michigan and Wisconsin.
It is quite RARE in the U.P. and most likely occurs in the southern end of Menominee County or in some residential areas. Click on the blue to return to the Deciduous Summer Key or the Deciduous Winter Key . Click HERE to return to the home page. A note about the images on this website, click here . This site created and maintained by Bill Cook, MSU Extension Forester for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.