Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis)

Family: Fagaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Brown. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded, Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste test can tell when the tannin has been leached. — A staple food for several native North American Indian tribes.; The seed is about 3cm long and wide and can be up to 5cm long and wide.; It can be dried, ground into a powder and used as a thickening in stews etc or mixed with cereals for making bread.; The seed contains bitter tannins - these can be leached out by thoroughly washing the seed in running water though many minerals will also be lost.

Habitat & North American Range

Found in a variety of habitats, it is a tall tree in deep, cool, narrow canyons and is a low thicket-forming shrub on high windswept slopes. (Zone 8)