Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana)

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: Late Summer, Fall, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet taste. — Seed - raw or cooked.; Up to 32mm long and 25mm wide according to other reports, which also said that it has a sweet taste.; The seed is ground into a powder and used in making bread etc, it is a good thickener for soups and stews.; The seed has a high content of bitter tannins, these can be leached out by thoroughly washing the dried and ground up seed in water, though many minerals will also be lost.

Habitat & North American Range

Dry prairies and foothills to rocky bluffs. (Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)