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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus lyrata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus lyrata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-005:
Quercus lyrata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Overcup Oak, Swamp White Oak
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_quly_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_quly_003_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_6989198558_8cecde7cd9
April Dorchester County SC
Francis Biedler Forest
The leaves are indeed lyre-shaped. — Will Stuart
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_lyrata_3
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_lyrata_acorn
September
Acorns adapted to for dispersal amid floods, the cup surrounding the nut, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_lyrata_bark
September
Bark grayish to brown, scaly or with thick scaly ridges or plates, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_lyrata_leaves
September
Leaf lobes with acute apices; sinuses often both broad and "flat-bottomed", per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5944
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5945
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5946
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5948
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5964
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill