Overcup oak
NativeQuercus lyrata
Beech (Fagaceae) · Oak · 50–80 ft
Knowing it
Acorn cups that nearly cover the nut. A tree of swamps and flooded bottoms in the Bootheel and along the big rivers.
What a tree company sees
Handles standing water better than almost any oak. Wood is strong.
Recorded in 13 counties
- Butler County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Iron County
- Jefferson County
- Mississippi County
- Ripley County
- Shannon County
- St. Louis County
- Stoddard County
- Taney County
- Wayne County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.