. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 138 Illinois Xatikai. Hl^tduy Si uvky Billktin QUERCUS LYRATA W'alti-r Overcup Oak Swamp White Oak The Overcup Oak is a tree of rather more than medium size, with a bole that spHts, 15 feet or so above the ground, into rather small and somewhat drooping branches which form a fine, round-topped crown. The deejilv or shallowly .")- to !>-lobed leaves, T to 10 inches long b}- 1 to J inches wide, are thin but firm, dark- green and smooth above and green and more or less hairy or velvety be- neath. Their petioles are ^ to 1 inch long. The hairy
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 138 Illinois Xatikai. Hl^tduy Si uvky Billktin QUERCUS LYRATA W'alti-r Overcup Oak Swamp White Oak The Overcup Oak is a tree of rather more than medium size, with a bole that spHts, 15 feet or so above the ground, into rather small and somewhat drooping branches which form a fine, round-topped crown. The deejilv or shallowly .")- to !>-lobed leaves, T to 10 inches long b}- 1 to J inches wide, are thin but firm, dark- green and smooth above and green and more or less hairy or velvety be- neath. Their petioles are ^ to 1 inch long. The hairy staminate cat- kins are from 4 to 6 inches long; and the pistillate flowers stand alone or in pairs, either sessile or on stalks thickly covered with pale, short hair. The globular, light-brown acorn ^ to 1 inch long, is almost completely buried in a deep, spherical cup which stands on a slender, hairy stalk sometimes 1 Yz inches long. The edge of the cup is thin and often irregularly split. The slender, orange or gray-brown twigs bear pale-brown buds about l^:, inch long, the scales of which are more or less hairy. The trunk, which is sel- dom more than 2 feet in diameter, is clothed by red-tinted gray bark, which is broken into thick plates. The usual height of the tree is from 60 feet up. Distribution: Through river swamps and wet bottomland hollows, the Overcup Oak ranges from New Jersey to Florida and westward to Missouri and Texas. In Illinois, it is confined to the southern third of the State, where, though relatively rare, it is one of the characteristic trees of the bottomland Cypress forests of the Cache River, especially on the better-drained parts of the overflowed land, and of the Mississippi bottomland in Union County. Uses: The wood of the Overcup Oak is very durable in the soil and is, in general, very similar to the wood of the White Oak, with which it is sold without commercial distinction. It is not commercially important in Fig. 52. Distribution o
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