✅Overcup Oak

General Info

  • Latin Name - Quercus lyrata
  • Native Range - New Jersey to Florida, west to Missouri and Texas
  • Growth Rate - Medium, Fast in youth
  • Mature Height - 40–60’
  • Mature Spread - 40–60’

Arborist Thoughts

  • An excellent oak for use in challenging sites.  Overcup oak is a bottomlands species in its native habitat and adapts well to poor quality soils, poorly drained sites and restricted root zones.
  • Overcup oak transplants well and is faster growing than most other oaks in the white oak group.
  • Great specimen tree or a street tree for areas where overhead utilities are not an issue.