Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)

Family: Fagaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: Brown. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet flavour. — Seed - raw or cooked.; A rather sweet flavour.; The seed is quite large, about 2 - 3cm long and 15 - 20mm wide, and unlike most other oaks, is attached to the tree by a long stem.; It matures in its first year.

Habitat & North American Range

Bottomlands, stream margins and swamps. Tolerant of poorly drained sites, it is frequently found in heavy mucky soils. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)