Introductory
SPECIES: Quercus lyrata | Overcup Oak 



ABBREVIATION : 
QUELYR

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   QULY


COMMON NAMES : 
   overcup oak
   swamp post oak
   swamp white oak
   water white oak


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of overcup oak is Quercus
lyrata Walt. [18,28].  Two accepted forms are differentiated [7]:

Q. l. forma lyrata, with hairy undersurfaces,
Q. l. forma viridis Trel., with scattered hairs on leaf undersurfaces.

Overcup oak hybridizes with many other oaks in the white oak subgenus
(Quercus) including white oak (Q. alba), swamp white oak (Q. bicolor),
Durand oak (Q. durandii), bur oak (Q. macrocarpa), swamp chestnut oak
(Q. michauxii), post oak (Q. stellata), and live oak (Q. virginiana)
[28].  Overcup oak is genetically most similar to post oak, based on
electrophoretic evidence [14].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Janet Sullivan, September 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Sullivan, Janet. Quercus lyrata. 1993. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Quercus lyrata | Overcup Oak