Shin Oak (Quercus gambelii)

Family: Fagaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. 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

sweet taste. — Seed - raw or cooked.; A staple food for several native North American Indian tribes.; The seed is about 2cm 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.; If 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

Dry foothills and lower mountain slopes, 1350 - 2800 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)