OVERCUP OAK
QUERCUS LYRATA
Quercus lyrata
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Genus: QUERCUS
Protected Series:
Height: 40-50 Feet Tall
Spread: 40-50 Feet Wide
Color: orange fall color
Full Sun Plants
Full Sun Deciduous Tree Plants
Deciduous Tree
Zone: 5
#0517
QUERCUS LYRATA
Grower Notes:
Commonly known as the Overcup Oak. It gets its name from the distinctive bur-like acorn cup that typically encloses almost the entire nut. The Overcup oak has a straight trunk and a broad rounded crown.
It is a bottomland tree, native to floodplain forests, lowlands and along swamps. Deep green leaves have a fuzzy white underside and turn shades of yellow-brown in fall.
Female flowers develop acorns which mature in September to October, but do not begin bearing acorns until 25-30 years old. The bark is shaggy gray and is reminiscent of the white oak.
| AVAILABLE | SIZE | TYPE | GALENA | IN-GROUND |
| QUERCUS LYRATA | 2.5 in | 6 | 0 |
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(BBnPOT - formerly known as GRSTART - are B&B put into a container - they are above-ground and available now)
Quercus (Oak) Varieties:
Bur | Chestnut | Chinkapin | Hybrid | Northern Black | Northern Pin | Overcup | Pedunculate (Robur) | Pin | Pinnacle | Red | Sawtooth | Scarlet | Shingle | Shumard | Swamp Chestnut Oak | Swamp White | White | Willow
Other Deciduous Trees