Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Quercus lyrata

overcup oak
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

overcup oak

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Quercus lyrata

Familia:

Fagaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

Tree

Tamaño:

40–60 ft

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

Deciduous

Destacado por:

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Shade tree.

Consideraciones:

Falling/fallen acorns can be an issue.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries

Propagación:

Seed.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Stays wet -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Clay, Loam

pH del suelo:

Acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

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.

Hábitats nativos:

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

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Its acorn is large (about an inch long) and is nearly enclosed by its cup or receptacle--hence the name "overcup.".
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Burns, Russell M, and Barbara H. Honkala [Technical coordinators]. (1990). Silvics of North America: Volume 2. Hardwoods. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 654. ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/1548 ). Accessed 2026.


Huegel, Craig N. (2010). Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. (2025). Plant Database: Quercus lyrata (Overcup oak). ( https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=QULY ). Accessed 2026. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.


North Carolina State Extension. (Undated). North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. ( https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/ ). North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University, Greensboro, NC.


Wunderlin, R. P, B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

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