''Quercus'' × ''bebbiana'' (or ''Quercus bebbiana''), known as Bebb's oak, is a naturally occurring hybrid of white oak (''

Quercus alba ''Quercus alba'', the white oak, is one of the preeminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America. It is a long-lived oak, native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and southern Maine south as ...

'') and burr oak ('' Quercus macrocarpa''). It occurs where their ranges overlap in the eastern United States and eastern Canada. It was named for Michael Schuck Bebb (1833–1895), an

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

botanist who specialized in willows (''

Salix Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions. Most species are known ...

''). Its parents are both placed in ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus''. A tree reaching , and available from specialty nurseries, its acorns are sweet enough to be palatable to humans.

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