Fagaceae
Overcup oak
Quercus lyrata
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- سنديان قيثاري
- arz
- سنديان جيتارى
- Chinese
- 琴叶栎, 琴葉櫟, 琴葉橡
- Czech
- Dub lyrovitý
- English
- Overcup oak
- German
- Leierblättrige Eiche
- Polish
- Dąb lirolistny
Synonyms
- Quercus bicolor var. lyrata (Walter) Dippel
- Scolodrys lyrata (Walter) Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.