Overcup Oak

Its acorn is large (about an inch long) and is nearly enclosed by its cup or receptacle--hence the name "overcup."



Shade tree.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Falling/fallen acorns can be an issue.

Acorns appreciated by squirrels, deer, turkey, and other wildlife

Used by birds for resting and nesting

Said (by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlflower Center) to attract water fowl

Bottomland floodplains and inundated river levees, lake swamps, rarely on non-wetland portions of floodplains.

• Host plant for the White-M Hairstreak and Horace's Duskywing butterflies.