Bur Oak

I observed this tree on campus near Sorrin hall. Although the tree was beautiful, tall, and offered lovely shade, I was mostly curious about the identity because I noticed it had these long green seeds that I had seen before. During the Texas Spring, I find these long green seeds all over my car, dog, yard, and, somehow, my house. I was curious to determine the culprit of this annual mess, so I took a picture of the leaves and uploaded it to iNaturalist. I thought, because of the shape of the leaves that this tree was in the oak family. After I uploaded the picture of the leaves with the broad “oak” identification, someone commented and narrowed the id to Bur Oak. After some research, I found our that Bur Oaks do have the long stringy seeds that get all over my lawn in the months of March, April, and May.

MediumObservation: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5922337

Source: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=quma2

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