Quercus lyrata Walter

Southeastern United States, from New Jersey to Texas; 0-200 m ; introduced in Europe in 1786;

15-25 m ; crown rounded, with numerous branches; trunk short, often tortuous;

10-20 x 4-10 cm; oboval, lyre-shaped; apex pointed or obtuse; base cuneate attenuate; 3-5 pairs of lobes, very shallow near base; dark green, hairless obove; silvery tomentose beneath at first, becoming more or less glabrescent; 5-8 vein pairs; petiole 1 to 2.5 cm long, slender, orangish yellow;

acorn 2.5-5 cm long, subglobose, minutely puberulent; singly or paired; almost all covered by scaly, subsessile cup; maturing in 1 year; cotyledons distinct;

hardy; prefers moist soils; slow-growing;

– A. Camus : n° 277 ; – Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Subsection Prinoideae; – Hybrids with Q.virginiana (= x comptoniae ), bicolor (= x humidicola ), macrocarpa (= x megaleia ), stellata (= x sterrettii) , michauxii (= x tottenii) ;