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| Bloom Color | yellow-green |
|---|---|
| Bloom Period | Early-March to Late-May |
| Category, USDA | Dicot |
| Comment | Woods |
| Present in Plant Communities |
Gardens, meadows or lawns (G3) Pine plantation (F5) Slope forest (C4,C5,C6,C7) Thicket or young forest (D1,E6) Upland forest (B1,B4,B9) |
| Educational Notes | The acorns are much sought-after by wild ducks, non-game birds, and squirrels in winter. young leaves grazed by deer; mycorrhizal roots are habitat for mushroom spp. including Boletus, Lycoperdon, Morchella, and Russula |
| Family | Fagaceae |
| Fibers Dyes, Ethnobotany | Baskets, lumber, wigwams |
| Foliage Color | red |
| Foods, Ethnobotany | Edible cooked acorn, acorn coffee |
| Fruit Color Mature | tan |
| Growth Rate | Slow |
| Habit | Tree |
| Habitat | dry to moist woods |
| Habitat | Woods |
| Hardiness Zone | 3a |
| Height | 80.0 |
| Medicine, Ethnobotany | Emetic, colds, disinfectant |
| MPA Species IDs | 1544 |
| North American Federations, Ethnobotany | Cherokee, Ojibwa, Iroquois |
| Native | Yes |
| Other , Ethnobotany | mortars, leaf wrap, wood tools |
| Plant Culture | Prefers rich, well-drained, acidic soils |
| Present in Plant Surveys | Ogle, partial survey 1992 Ebert - Holt, 1998 - 1999 Brighton-Longbottom, 2018 |
| Predominant Habit | Tree |
| Range | eastern and central US |
| Seed Type | nut |
| Soil Moisture | Moist soil |
| Species ID Ghini | 11546 |
| Status, Ethnobotany | Complete |
| Sun Exposure | Full sun |
| Synonym Scientific Names | Quercus alba var. subcaerulea, Quercus alba var. subflavea |
| USDA Synonym Symbols | QUALS, QUALS2 |
| Use | Birds and mammals feed on the acorns. |
| Mapped Plant Accessions | 1900.0056.1877 2005.0040.305 2005.0040.336 2005.0040.399 2005.0040.41 2005.0040.53 2013.0033.1878 2013.0033.1893 2013.0033.1907 2013.0033.1921 2018.0052.1 |
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