Cecilia Adorio's Illustrated Oak Collection: Overcup Oak

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Thursday

Quercus lyrata

Name:
Quercus lyrata Walter (1788)

Synonyms:
Quercus bicolor var. lyrata (Walt.) Dippel 1891

Local Names:
Overcup Oak
Swamp Post Oak
Swamp White Oak
Water White Oak
White Oak

Range:

USA: (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (US), Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oaklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)

References:
Oak ICRA Checklist
Oaks of the World

Friday

Quercus x comptoniae

Quercus x comptoniae (Charles Sprague Sargent, 1918) is a hybrid of Quercus lyrata (Overcup Oak) and Quercus Virginia (Live Oak). Synonyms: Lyrata x Virginiana, Compton Oak. Quercus x comptoniae can grow to a height of approximately 35 meters. It is native to Texas and Louisiana. It may be found in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. The acorns are an source of food for deer, wild turkey, black bear, northern bobwhite and ducks. Leaves and acorns are not drawn on same scale.

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From Tessa Edwards: The Ces Oak and The Giraffe: "And guess what! I've ordered a sapling oak to plant in our new garden. It's an English Oak(Quercus robur), which is a wonderfully rugged and very handsome deciduous tree which provides a rich habitat for other plants and is a valuable source of food for wildlife. It's a large tree with 'a broad head of spectacularly spreading branches filled with small clusters of catkins and flower spikes each spring' - followed by masses of acorns in lovely autumn tints of bright yellow and russet brown. I'm going to call it 'Queen Ces'. Oh yes I am! It will be my very own Magic Faraway Tree. (My friend Tessa Edwards passed away several months after she planted this tree which by that time had surpassed the giraffe's height. It is an English Oak, Quercus robur)."

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Thursday

Quercus lyrata

Friday

Quercus x comptoniae