Overcup oak
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae Genus: Quercus Section: Quercus Species: Q. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its The Fagales are an order of Flowering plants including some of the best known Trees The order name is derived from Genus Fagus The family Fagaceae, or beech family, comprises about 900 species of both Evergreen and Deciduous trees and shrubs which are characterized by alternate The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of Trees and Shrubs in the Genus Quercus (from Latin This is an incomplete list of Quercus Species. The Genus contains about 400 species lyrata
Binomial name
Quercus lyrata Walter

Quercus lyrata (overcup oak) is an oak in the white oak group (Quercus sect. Thomas Ustick Walter ( September 4, 1804 &ndash October 30, 1887) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the dean The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of Trees and Shrubs in the Genus Quercus (from Latin This is an incomplete list of Quercus Species. The Genus contains about 400 species Quercus). It is native to lowland wetlands in the southeastern United States, from Delaware and southern Illinois south to northern Florida and southeast Texas. The US Southeast is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, but the Census Bureau does not provide a standard definition of a "Southeast" region The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Delaware ( is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.

Overcup oak acorns, showing the nut largely enclosed by the acorn cup

It is a medium-sized deciduous tree, growing to 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 80 cm (rarely 140 cm) diameter. Botany Autumn leaf color. See --> In Botany and Horticulture, deciduous Plants, including A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or The leaves are 10-16 cm (rarely 20 cm) long and 5-10 cm broad, deeply lobed, often somewhat lyre-shaped (lyrate), dark green above, paler and often finely hairy beneath. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. The lyre is a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in Classical Antiquity and later The flowers are catkins, produced in the spring and maturing in about 6-7 months into acorns 2. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also A catkin or ament is a slim cylindrical flower cluster with inconspicuous or no petals usually Wind - pollinated ( anemophilous) but sometimes The acorn is the nut of the Oak tree (genera Quercus, Lithocarpus and Cyclobalanopsis, in the 5-5 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, largely enclosed by the cupule (acorn cup). The calybium and the cupule make up the Accessory fruit of Flowering plants in the family Fagaceae.

The common name comes from the acorns being largely enclosed in the cup; the scientific name comes from the lyrate (lyre-shaped) leaves. The lyre is a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in Classical Antiquity and later

The wood is valuable, similar to that of other white oaks, and used for the same purposes. Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs

References and external links

• Flora of North America: Quercus lyrata
• Quercus lyrata images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu