Index / Search / Quercus lyrata
§1 Plant
Quercus lyrata Walter
vernacular overcup oak — species · Fagaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fagaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Quercus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 449 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 80 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 140
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 449 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Chilton 01021
- Clarke 01025
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Independence 05063
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bulloch 13031
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Crisp 13081
- Dougherty 13095
- Emanuel 13107
- Floyd 13115
- Greene 13133
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jenkins 13165
- Johnson 13167
- Lee 13177
- Long 13183
- Macon 13193
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Screven 13251
- Sumter 13261
- Tattnall 13267
- Upson 13293
- Wilkes 13317
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Clay 17025
- Crawford 17033
- Edwards 17047
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Massac 17127
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Richland 17159
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Christian 21047
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Fayette 21067
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Graves 21083
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Webster 21233
Louisiana view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Carroll 22035
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Benton 28009
- Chickasaw 28017
- DeSoto 28033
- Grenada 28043
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Chatham 37037
- Craven 37049
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Guilford 37081
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Stanly 37167
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Oklahoma view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Union 45087
Tennessee view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Coffee 47031
- Crockett 47033
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Putnam 47141
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
Virginia view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/QULY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2878378 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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