Quercus lyrata

overcup oak

Fagaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

40-60 ft

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

deciduous

Noted For:

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Shade tree.

Considerations:

Falling/fallen acorns can be an issue.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Stays wet ---- to ---- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Clay, Loam

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A

Ecology

Wildlife:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Host plant for the White-M Hairstreak and Horace's Duskywing butterflies.



  • Acorns appreciated by squirrels, deer, turkey, and other wildlife


  • Used by birds for resting and nesting


  • Said (by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlflower Center) to attract water fowl


Native Habitats:

Bottomland floodplains and inundated river levees, lake swamps, rarely on non-wetland portions of floodplains.