Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)

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

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

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. — 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, which is up to 25mm long and 15mm wide, contains bitter tannins, these can be leached out by thoroughly washing the seed in running water though many minerals will also be lost.; Either the whole seed can be used or the seed can be dried and ground it into a powder.; It can take several days or even weeks to properly leach whole seeds, one method was to wrap them in a cloth bag and place them in a stream.

Habitat & North American Range

Found on upland sites such as ridges and middle and upper slope, it grows in a variety of soils doing well on poor, dry, sandy, or gravelly soils. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)