Overcup Oak
Quercus lyrata
Fagaceae (Beech Family)
▲ young tree
▲▼ leaves
▲ acorn
Location on Missouri State University campus: in retention basin area at southwest corner of National and Grand
Quercus lyrata:
Overcup Oak
leaves alternate, deciduous, simple, obovate with deepest lobes toward tip of
leaf
stems stout, gray-brown, bark is similar to
white oak (Quercus alba), but not as
scaly
has upright branching habit, strong leader, growing to 40-60+’ tall and ˝ as
wide
tolerant of all but alkaline soils—will show iron chlorosis in high pH
acorn is globe-shaped and almost completely enclosed by “cap”—looks like a
little brown golf ball
medium to fast growth rate; one of the easier-to-transplant white oaks