lyrata, commonly called overcup oak, a moderate grower whose beautiful ... It evolved on prairies, with thick bark that ...

He looked for the overcup oak. “After a few minutes, I spotted a huge trunk laying on the ground,” Dupree said in an email. “About one third of the trunk was missing bark, and you could see ...

Bark is dark gray to near black ... They grow from Maine and Michigan to Mississippi. Overcup oaks are slow-growing and reach up to 80 feet. Dark green leaves are deeply indented and feature ...

He looked for the overcup oak. “After a few minutes I spotted a huge trunk laying on the ground,” Dupree said in an email. “About one-third of the trunk was missing bark and you could see ...

Don't just look at leaves -- acorns and bark help make the identifications ... Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Salem County. Overcup oak grows in the wetlands south of the "lost town ...

In 1823, an acorn from an Overcup Oak tree sent up a shoot at what is now the corner of Elden and Center Streets in the Town of Herndon. In Washington, D.C., James Monroe, the 5th President of the ...

The swamps for which the nature preserve is named, Cypress Swamp and Overcup Oak Swamp, are home to a variety of plants and wildlife, including state-endangered wildflowers such as Spider Lilly ...

MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (AP) — Wildlife officials are culling beavers and demolishing their dams in a swampland nature preserve in southwestern Indiana to protect a species of oak tree rarely found in the ...